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 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
Jacques Hilling
Unknown
Hélène Tossy
Unknown
Amédée
Unknown
Hubert de Lapparent
Unknown
Rachel Devirys
Unknown
Jacqueline Morane
Unknown
Yvonne Claudie
Unknown
Georges Paulais
Unknown
Gérard Darrieu
Unknown
Pierre Duverger
Unknown
Marcelle Féry
Unknown
Denise Péronne
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Simone Duhart
Unknown
André Wasley
Unknown
Ariane Lancell
Unknown
Aram Stephan
Unknown
Jean Relet
Unknown
Roger Dalphin
Unknown
Jean Daurand
Worker (uncredited)
Armand Lurville
Unknown
Jean Gautrat
Unknown
Yvette Cuvelier
Unknown
Paul Préboist
Unknown
Crew
René Clément
Director
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Pierre Bost
Writer
Émile Zola
Novel
Henri Rust
Editor
Robert Juillard
Director of Photography
Serge Friedman
Assistant Director
Claude Clément
Assistant Director
Léonard Keigel
Assistant Director
Agnès Delahaie
Producer
Paul Bertrand
Production Design
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
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