Directed by:
René ClémentCinematography:
Robert JuillardComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Armand Mestral, Suzy Delair, Jean Daurand, Mathilde Casadesus, Micheline Luccioni, Florelle, Jacques Hilling (more)Plots(1)
Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément and based on the novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. Gervaise Macquart, (Maria Schell, Le Notti Bianche) a young crippled laundress, is left alone with two young children when her lover, Auguste Lantier decides to leave. Despite many struggles she works hard to turn her life around and marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer and fulfils her dream of buying her own laundry, however things takes a turn for the worse as her old lover returns and her husband starts drinking heavily. (StudioCanal)
(more)Cast
![Maria Schell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/239/163239868_5d3587.jpg)
Maria Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Cimarron (1960)
![François Périer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871821_6ee53e.jpg)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
![Jany Holt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440683_4755cb.jpg)
Jany Holt
Romania
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Die linkshändige Frau (1977)
Angels of Sin (1943)
![Armand Mestral](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467457_5969b9.jpg)
Armand Mestral
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Misérables (1982)
Gervaise (1956)
![Suzy Delair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416744_187019.jpg)
Suzy Delair
France
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Gervaise (1956)
![Jean Daurand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434772_2cfe61.jpg)
Jean Daurand
France
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
Gervaise (1956)
Love Is My Profession (1958)
![Mathilde Casadesus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456087_2791cc.jpg)
Mathilde Casadesus
France
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Love Is My Profession (1958)
The Sleepwalker (1951)
![Micheline Luccioni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456091_54fc9a.jpg)
Micheline Luccioni
France
Best movies:
La Dernière Nuit (1981) (TV movie)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Witness in the City (1959)
![Florelle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505304_bc5fde.jpg)
Florelle
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Gervaise (1956)
L'Atlantide (1932)
![Jacques Hilling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462473_aa9774.jpg)
Jacques Hilling
Australia
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
![Hubert de Lapparent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677369_06f96d.jpg)
Hubert de Lapparent
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
![Denise Péronne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871910_6d86f6.jpg)
Denise Péronne
Switzerland
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Forbidden Games (1952)
My Uncle (1958)
Amédée
France
Best movies:
Forbidden Games (1952)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
![Gérard Darrieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309457_49a3eb.jpg)
Gérard Darrieu
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Professional (1981)
Witness in the City (1959)
![Palmyre Levasseur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037488_2b1f38.jpg)
Palmyre Levasseur
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Les Misérables (1958)
![Jacques Harden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120234_f994e5.jpg)
Jacques Harden
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
Gervaise (1956)
Hélène Tossy
France
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Gervaise (1956)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Yvonne Dany
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Gervaise (1956)
The Truth (1960)
Georges Paulais
France
Best movies:
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Gervaise (1956)
Eldorado (1921)
Rachel Devirys
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Faces of Children (1925)
Gervaise (1956)
Les Enfants Terribles (1950)