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Maria Schell | ... |
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
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François Périer | ... |
Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
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Jany Holt | ... |
Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
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Mathilde Casadesus | ... |
Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
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Florelle | ... |
Maman Coupeau - la vieille mère de Coupeau
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Micheline Luccioni | ... |
Clémence - une blanchisseuse, ouvrière chez Gervaise
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Lucien Hubert | ... |
M. Poisson - un gendarme le mari de Virginie
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Jacques Harden | ... |
Goujet - un forgeron, ami de Gervaise et de Coupeau
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Jacques Hilling | ... |
M. Boche - le mari de la concierge
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Amédée | ... |
Mes Bottes - un camarade de Coupeau
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Hubert de Lapparent | ... |
M. Lorilleux - un chaîniste, le mari souffreteux de Mme Lorilleux
(as Hubert Lapparent)
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Hélène Tossy | ... |
Mme Bijard
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Rachel Devirys | ... |
Mme Fauconnier
(as Rachel Devyris)
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Jacqueline Morane | ... |
Mme Gaudron
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Yvonne Claudie | ... |
Mme Putois - une invitée au repas de fête
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Georges Paulais | ... |
Le miséreux
(as Paulais)
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Gérard Darrieu | ... |
Charles
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Pierre Duverger | ... |
M. Gaudron
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Marcelle Féry | ... |
La patronne du lavoir
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Armand Mestral | ... |
Auguste Lantier - le premier compagnon de Gervaise, un chapelier paresseux et viveur
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Suzy Delair | ... |
Virginie Poisson - la perfide ennemie de Gervaise
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Jacques Bertrand | ... |
Le contremaître de l'usine (uncredited)
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Pascal Bressy | ... |
Bit part (uncredited)
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Marie France Brette | ... |
la fille Boche (uncredited)
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Rita Cadillac | ... |
doublure Suzy Delair pendant la fessée (uncredited)
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Michèle Caillaud | ... |
Lalie (uncredited)
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Patrice Catineau | ... |
Claude - le fils de Gervaise et d'Auguste à 6 ans (uncredited)
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Yvette Cuvelier | ... |
Augustine (uncredited)
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Roger Dalphin | ... |
Un ouvrier (uncredited)
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Yvonne Dany | ... |
(uncredited)
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Jean Daurand | ... |
Un ouvrier (uncredited)
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Christian Denhez | ... |
Etienne - le fils de Gervaise et d'Auguste, à 8 ans (uncredited)
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Simone Duhart | ... |
La marchande de poissons (uncredited)
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Max Elbeze | ... |
Zidore (uncredited)
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Christian Férez | ... |
Etienne - le fils de Gervaise et d'Auguste, à 13 ans (uncredited)
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Jean Gautrat | ... |
Bec Salé (uncredited)
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Chantal Gozzi | ... |
Nana Coupeau - la fillette de Gervaise et de Coupeau (uncredited)
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Francoise Hery | ... |
Nana Coupeau - la fille de Gervaise et de Coupeau, à 5 ans (uncredited)
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Ariane Lancell | ... |
Adèle - une fille facile, soeur de Virginie (uncredited)
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Palmyre Levasseur | ... |
Bit part (uncredited)
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Armand Lurville | ... |
Le président du tribunal (uncredited)
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Jo Peignot | ... |
M. Madinier (uncredited)
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Paul Préboist | ... |
Un spectateur au cabaret (uncredited)
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Denise Péronne | ... |
Une laveuse (uncredited)
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Jean Relet | ... |
Le sergent de ville (uncredited)
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Gilbert Sanjakian | ... |
Le fils Boche (uncredited)
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Aram Stephan | ... |
Le maire (uncredited)
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André Wasley | ... |
Le père Colombe - un vieillard solitaire et désabusé (uncredited)
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Directed by
René Clément |
Written by
Émile Zola | ... | (novel "L'Assommoir") |
Jean Aurenche | ... | (written by) & |
Pierre Bost | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Agnès Delahaie | ... | producer (as Annie Dorfmann) |
Music by
Georges Auric |
Cinematography by
Robert Juillard |
Editing by
Henri Rust |
Editorial Department
Hélène Arnal | ... | assistant editor |
Simone Boruchowicz | ... | assistant editor |
Denise Charvein | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Paul Bertrand |
Costume Design by
Mayo | ||
Lucilla Mussini | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Boris de Fast | ... | makeup artist |
Georges Klein | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Simone Knapp | ... | hair stylist |
Jeanne Néant-Drieux | ... | hair stylist (as Jeanne Néant) |
Production Management
Jean Darvey | ... | production manager |
Walter Rupp | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Clément | ... | assistant director |
Serge Friedman | ... | assistant director |
Léonard Keigel | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
James Allan | ... | assistant art director |
Henri Berger | ... | props |
Eugène Roman | ... | assistant art director |
Roger Volper | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
Antoine Archimbaud | ... | sound |
Henri Richard | ... | boom operator |
Gabriel Salagnac | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
Gérard Cogan | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Corbeau | ... | still photographer |
Daniel Diot | ... | first assistant camera |
Claude Robin | ... | second assistant camera |
Jacques Robin | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
C. Boulet | ... | wardrobe |
Jean Boulet | ... | costumer |
Jacqueline Guyot | ... | assistant costume designer |
Simone Henry | ... | set costumer |
Location Management
Roger Knabe | ... | location manager |
René Noël | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Maria Lopez | ... | singer: Chanson d'Amanda |
Jacques Météhen | ... | conductor |
Raymond Queneau | ... | lyricist |
Script and Continuity Department
Yvonne Vérité | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Jean Guélis | ... | choreographer: polka scene |
Rita Cadillac | ... | body double: Suzy Delair (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Les Films Corona (presents)
- Agnes Delahaie Productions (co-production)
- Silver Films (co-production)
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC) (co-production)
- Cino del Duca
Distributors
- Les Films Corona (1956) (France) (theatrical)
- Miracle Films (1956) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Columbia Film-Verleih (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Kamerafilm (1956) (Norway) (theatrical)
- NV Meteor Film (1956) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film-Verleih (1957) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Continental Distributing (1957) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Progress Film-Verleih (1957) (East Germany) (theatrical)
- Netflix (2021) (Non-US) (video) (VOD)
- The Criterion Collection (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- World Vision International (2000) (United States) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Poste Parisien (post-production sound services)
- Western Electric (recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it, and a few years later she marries Coupeau, a roofer. After working very hard a few more years, she succeeds in buying her own laundry (her dream)... But Coupeau starts to drink after having fallen from a roof, and Lantier shows up... A faithful adaptation of Emile Zola's novel "L'Assomoir", depicting the fatal degeneration of a family of workers, mainly because of alcohol. Written by Yepok |
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Taglines | Heaped With Honors As Few Films Achieve See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Official submission of France for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 29th Academy Awards in 1957. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into My Sister Maria (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | Chanson de Gervaise See more » |
Quotes |
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse:
Morning came and he still hadn't returned. He'd been out all night. It was the first time. I was so proud to have the handsomest guy around, me, the gimp. See more » |