Overview
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
Cast
- Maria Schell as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
- François Périer as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
- Jany Holt as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
- Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
- Suzy Delair as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
- Armand Mestral as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
- Florelle as Maman Coupeau
- Micheline Luccioni as Clémence
- Lucien Hubert as Mr Poisson
- Jacques Harden as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise