Gervaise

Gervaise
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	René Clément
Produced by	Agnès Delahaie
Screenplay by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost
Based on	L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
Starring	Maria Schell François Périer Jany Holt
Music by	Georges Auric
Cinematography	Robert Juillard
Editing by	Henri Rust
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément based on the novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It depicts a woman in the nineteenth century trying to cope with the pressure of dealing with her alcoholic husband. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards.

Cast

• Maria Schell as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
• François Périer as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
• Jany Holt as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
• Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
• Florelle as Maman Coupeau - la vieille mère d'Henri
• Micheline Luccioni as Clémence - une blanchisseuse, ouvrière chez Gervaise
• Lucien Hubert as M. Poisson - un gendarme le mari de Virginie
• Jacques Harden as Goujet - un forgeron, ami de Gervaise et d'Henri
• Jacques Hilling as M. Boche - le mari de la concierge
• Amédée as Mes Bottes - un camarade de Coupeau
• Hubert de Lapparent as M. Lorilleux - un chaîniste, le mari souffreteux de Mme Lorilleux (as Hubert Lapparent)
• Hélène Tossy as Mme Bijard
• Rachel Devirys as Mme Fauconnier (as Rachel Devyris)

See also

• L'Assommoir
• List of submissions to the 29th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Gervaise at the Internet Movie Database
• Gervaise at Rotten Tomatoes