Gervaise (1956)
Romance
Drama
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
Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart Co...
François Périer
Henri Coupeau - le s...
Jany Holt
Mme Lorilleux - la s...
Mathilde Casadesus
Mme Boche - la conci...
Suzy Delair
Virginie Poisson, un...
Armand Mestral
Lantier, l'amant de...
Florelle
Maman Coupeau
Micheline Luccioni
Clémence
Lucien Hubert
Mr Poisson
Jacques Harden
Goujet, le forgeron...
Jacques Hilling
Hélène Tossy
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Amédée
Hubert de Lapparent
Rachel Devirys