
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by Rene Clement & based on the novel L& Assommoir by emile Zola Gervaise Macquart (Maria Schell Le Notti Bianche) a young crippled laundress is left alone with two young children when her lover Auguste Lantier decides to leave Despite many struggles she works hard to turn her life around & marries Henri Coupeau a roofer & fulfils her dream of buying her own laundry however things takes a turn for the worse as her old lover returns & her husband starts drinking heavily Actors Maria Schell François Perier Jany Holt Mathilde Casadesus Florelle Micheline Luccioni Lucien Hubert Jacques Harden Jacques Hilling Amedee Hubert de Lapparent Helène Tossy Rachel Devirys Jacqueline Morane & Yvonne Claudie Director Rene Clement Certificate 12 years & over Year 1956