GERVAISE

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• Release Year: 1956
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus, Florelle, Micheline Luccioni, Lucien Hubert, Jacques Harden, Jacques Hilling, Amédée, Hubert de Lapparent, Hélène Tossy, Rachel Devirys, Jacqueline Morane, Yvonne Claudie, Georges Paulais, Gérard Darrieu, Pierre Duverger, Marcelle Féry, Armand Mestral, Suzy Delair, Michel Caillaud, Patrice Catineau, Yvette Cuvelier, Roger Dalphin, Yvonne Dany, Jean Daurand, Christian Denhez, Simone Duhart, Max Elbeze, Christian Férez, Jean Gautrat, Chantal Gozzi, Francoise Hery, Ariane Lancell, Armand Lurville, Jo Peignot, Denise Péronne, Paul Préboist, Jean Reiet, Gilbert Sanjakian, Aram Stephan, André Wasley, René Clément
• Director: René Clément
• Runtime: 1:57
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, Studio Canal
• Media Format: Movie