Gervaise
One of France’s most respected directors of the postwar era, René Clément created such intense psychological dramas as Forbidden Games and Purple Noon. The equally gripping Gervaise, his vivid adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, is an uncompromising depiction of a laundress’s struggles with an alcoholic husband while running her own business. Gervaise was nominated for an Oscar and earned Maria Schell best actress honors at the Venice Film Festival.
Cast
- Maria Schell
- Gervaise Macquart
- François Périer
- Henri Coupeau
- Suzy Delair
- Virginie
- Jany Holt
- Mme. Lorilleaux
- Mathilde Casadesus
- Mme. Boche
- Florelle
- Maman Coupeau
- Jacques Harden
- Gouget
- Armand Mestral
- Lantier
Credits
- Director
- René Clément
- Producer
- Annie Dorfmann
- Based on The Dram Shop by
- Émile Zola
- Adaptation and dialogue by
- Jean Aurenche
- Adaptation and dialogue by
- Pierre Bost
- Cinematography
- Robert Juillard
- Sets
- Paul Bertrand
- Editing
- Henri Rust
- Sound
- Antoine Archimbaud
- Wardrobe
- Mayo
