Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément based on the novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It depicts a working-class woman in the mid-nineteenth century (played by Maria Schell) trying to cope with the descent of her husband (played by François Périer) into alcoholism. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards. Schell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1956 Venice Film Festival for her performance.
Cast
Maria Schell: Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, a patient and courageous laundrywoman
François Périer: Henri Coupeau, Gervaise's husband, a roofer
Suzy Delair: Virginie Poisson, an old rival who hates Gervaise
Armand Mestral: Lantier, Gervaise's former lover
Jany Holt: Mme Lorilleux, Henri's ill-tempered sister
Mathilde Casadesus: Mme Boche, the concierge
Florelle: Maman Coupeau, Henri's aged mother
Micheline Luccioni: Clémence, a laundrywoman who works with Gervaise
Lucien Hubert: Monsieur Poisson, a policeman and Virginie's husband
Jacques Harden: Goujet, a smith, a friend of Henri and Gervaise
Jacques Hilling: Monsieur Boche, the concierge's husband
Hélène Tossy: Mme Bijard
Amédée: Mes Bottes, Henri's drinking buddy
Hubert de Lapparent (as Hubert Lapparent): Monsieur Lorilleux, a chainmaker, Mme Lorilleux' long-suffering husband
Rachel Devirys: Mme Fauconnier
Jacqueline Morane: Mme Gaudron
Yvonne Claudie: Mme Putois
Georges Paulais: Father Bru
Gérard Darrieu: Charles, laundry worker
Pierre Duverger: Monsieur Gaudron
Marcelle Féry: Laundry owner
Denise Péronne: Laundrywoman
Simone Duhart: Fishmonger
André Wasley: Father Colombe
Ariane Lancell: Adèle
Aram Stéphan: the mayor
Georges Peignot: Monsieur Madinier
Max Elbèze: Zidore
Jean Relet: sergent de ville (policeman)
Roger Dalphin: worker
Armand Lurville: presiding officer at hearing
Jean Gautrat: Bec Salé
Christian Denhez: Étienne, Gervaise and Lantier's younger son, at the age of 8
Christian Férez: Étienne at the age of 13
Patrice Catineaud: Claude, Gervais and Lantier's elder son, at the age of 6
Chantal Gozzi: Nana, Gervais and Henri's daughter, at the age of 5
Michèle Caillaud: Lalie
Gilbert Sanjakian: the Boches' son at the age of 6
Yvette Cuvelier: Augustine, apprentice at the laundry, at the age of 13
Paul Préboist: member of the audience at the cabaret
Jacques Bertrand: factory foreman
Cast
Maria Schell: Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, a patient and courageous laundrywoman
François Périer: Henri Coupeau, Gervaise's husband, a roofer
Suzy Delair: Virginie Poisson, an old rival who hates Gervaise
Armand Mestral: Lantier, Gervaise's former lover
Jany Holt: Mme Lorilleux, Henri's ill-tempered sister
Mathilde Casadesus: Mme Boche, the concierge
Florelle: Maman Coupeau, Henri's aged mother
Micheline Luccioni: Clémence, a laundrywoman who works with Gervaise
Lucien Hubert: Monsieur Poisson, a policeman and Virginie's husband
Jacques Harden: Goujet, a smith, a friend of Henri and Gervaise
Jacques Hilling: Monsieur Boche, the concierge's husband
Hélène Tossy: Mme Bijard
Amédée: Mes Bottes, Henri's drinking buddy
Hubert de Lapparent (as Hubert Lapparent): Monsieur Lorilleux, a chainmaker, Mme Lorilleux' long-suffering husband
Rachel Devirys: Mme Fauconnier
Jacqueline Morane: Mme Gaudron
Yvonne Claudie: Mme Putois
Georges Paulais: Father Bru
Gérard Darrieu: Charles, laundry worker
Pierre Duverger: Monsieur Gaudron
Marcelle Féry: Laundry owner
Denise Péronne: Laundrywoman
Simone Duhart: Fishmonger
André Wasley: Father Colombe
Ariane Lancell: Adèle
Aram Stéphan: the mayor
Georges Peignot: Monsieur Madinier
Max Elbèze: Zidore
Jean Relet: sergent de ville (policeman)
Roger Dalphin: worker
Armand Lurville: presiding officer at hearing
Jean Gautrat: Bec Salé
Christian Denhez: Étienne, Gervaise and Lantier's younger son, at the age of 8
Christian Férez: Étienne at the age of 13
Patrice Catineaud: Claude, Gervais and Lantier's elder son, at the age of 6
Chantal Gozzi: Nana, Gervais and Henri's daughter, at the age of 5
Michèle Caillaud: Lalie
Gilbert Sanjakian: the Boches' son at the age of 6
Yvette Cuvelier: Augustine, apprentice at the laundry, at the age of 13
Paul Préboist: member of the audience at the cabaret
Jacques Bertrand: factory foreman
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