Gervaise

Duration: 112 min

Release date: 1956-09-05

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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.

Romance Drama

Gervaise

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as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

François Périer

François Périer

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

as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau

Mathilde Casadesus

Mathilde Casadesus

as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse

as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise

as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise

as Maman Coupeau

Micheline Luccioni

Micheline Luccioni

as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise

Jacques Hilling

Jacques Hilling

Hubert de Lapparent

Hubert de Lapparent

Jacqueline Morane

Jacqueline Morane

Georges Paulais

Georges Paulais

Gérard Darrieu

Pierre Duverger

Pierre Duverger

Denise Péronne

as Washerwoman (uncredited)

as Worker (uncredited)

Armand Lurville

Armand Lurville

Yvette Cuvelier

Yvette Cuvelier

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Agnès Delahaie

Original Music Composer

Robert Juillard

Robert Juillard

Director of Photography

Production Design

Claude Clément

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Léonard Keigel

Assistant Director

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