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Gervaise

Release Year
1956
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Directed By
René Clément
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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Maria Schell

Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

François Périer

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

Jany Holt

Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau

Mathilde Casadesus

Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse

Suzy Delair

Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise

Armand Mestral

Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise

Florelle

Maman Coupeau

Micheline Luccioni

Clémence

Lucien Hubert

Mr Poisson

Jacques Harden

Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise

Crew

René Clément

Director

Robert Juillard

Director of Photography

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

Henri Rust

Editor

Paul Bertrand

Production Design

Agnès Delahaie

Producer

Émile Zola

Novel

Jean Aurenche

Writer

Pierre Bost

Writer

Claude Clément

Assistant Director

Serge Friedman

Assistant Director

Léonard Keigel

Assistant Director

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