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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew
Jean Aurenche
Writer
René Clément
Director
Émile Zola
Novel
Pierre Bost
Writer
Robert Juillard
Director of Photography
Agnès Delahaie
Producer
Paul Bertrand
Production Design
Serge Friedman
Assistant Director
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Claude Clément
Assistant Director
Léonard Keigel
Assistant Director
Henri Rust
Editor
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