Gervaise
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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
.
France
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film directed by René Clément based on the novel L'Assommoir
L'Assommoir
L'Assommoir is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris—was a huge commercial success and established...
by Émile Zola
Émile Zola
Émile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...
. 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
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 29th Academy Awards
29th Academy Awards
During the 29th Academy Awards, the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language Film was introduced, instead of only being recognized as a Special Achievement Award or as a Best Picture nominee . The first winner in this new category was Federico Fellini's La strada with Anthony Quinn and...
.
Cast
- Maria SchellMaria SchellMaria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise....
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse - François PérierFrançois PérierFrançois Périer, , born François Pillu in Paris, was one of France's most distinguished actors.He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains...
as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur - Jany HoltJany HoltJany Holt was a Romanian-born actress, who worked principally in the French cinema. She was born Ruxandra Ecaterina Vladescu Olt in Bucharest, and died of natural causes in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France....
as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau - Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
- FlorelleFlorelleFlorelle , was a French actress. She appeared in 54 films between 1912 and 1956.She was born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée and died in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée.-Selected filmography:...
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 HillingJacques HillingJacques Hilling was a French film actor. He appeared in 95 films between 1949 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Return to Life * The Red Rose * La Putain respectueuse...
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 DevirysRachel DevirysRachel Devirys was a French film actress born in the Crimea, Russian Empire . She starred in some 50 films between 1917 and 1956.-Selected filmography:* Au-delà des lois humaines...
as Mme Fauconnier (as Rachel Devyris)
See also
- L'AssommoirL'AssommoirL'Assommoir is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris—was a huge commercial success and established...
- 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