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Director:
René Clément
Writers:
Émile Zola (novel) and
Jean Aurenche (writer)
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Release Date:
11 November 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A Most Unusual Love Story in a Most Unusual Motion Picture! more
Plot:
Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations more
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Maria Schell was miscast more (9 total)

Cast

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Maria Schell ... Gervaise Macquart
François Périer ... Henri Coupeau
Jany Holt ... Mme Lorilleaux
Mathilde Casadesus ... Mme Boche
Florelle ... Maman Coupeau
Micheline Luccioni ... Clémence
Lucien Hubert ... M. Poisson
Jacques Harden ... Goujet
Jacques Hilling ... M. Boche
Amédée ... Mes Bottes
Hubert de Lapparent ... M. Lorilleux (as Hubert Lapparent)
Hélène Tossy ... Mme Bijard
Rachel Devirys ... Mme Fauconnier (as Rachel Devyris)
Jacqueline Morane ... Mme Gaudron
Yvonne Claudie ... Mme Putois
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gervaise (USA)
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Runtime:
112 min | USA:116 min | West Germany:122 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Agnes Delahaie Productions more

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Movie Connections:
Version of L'assommoir (1902) more

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3 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Maria Schell was miscast, 12 March 2005
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Author: dbdumonteil

Why Maria Schell?If you have read Zola's masterpiece -"l'assommoir" the seventh of the Rougon Macquart saga,and one of the finest, surpassed only by "Germinal"- ,you wonder why Clement chose her when the part was tailor made for Simone Signoret.On the other hand ,Suzy Delair was the ideal Virginie Poisson,hypocrite venomous and vile .They say her buttocks were "dubbed" (by Liliane Montevecchi's) during the famous scene of the spanking ! René Clément did a good job even if his adaptation seemed sometimes tame and timid .Zola's depictions are so intense that it's hard to transfer them to the screen.But the " fête de Gervaise " ,with the gargantuan meal comes close to fully recreate it,and it was not easy since in the book it spreads over about twenty pages.

Despise some reservations,this is an unqualified must for good cinema lovers.

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