Gervaise

Gervaise

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 5, 1956

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.

Gervaise

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 5, 1956

Gervaise
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Silver Films, Cino del Duca, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Agnes Delahaie Productions
Original title Gervaise
Directors Serge Friedman, Claude Clément, Léonard Keigel, René Clément
Writers Émile Zola, Jean Aurenche

Cast

Maria Schell

as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

François Périer

as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

Jany Holt

as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau

Mathilde Casadesus

as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse

Suzy Delair

as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise

Armand Mestral

as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise

Florelle

as Maman Coupeau

Micheline Luccioni

as Clémence

Lucien Hubert

as Mr Poisson

Jacques Harden

as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise