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.

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Cast

Maria Schell

Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

François Périer

Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

Jany Holt

Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau

Mathilde Casadesus

Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse

Suzy Delair

Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise

Armand Mestral

Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise

Florelle

Maman Coupeau

Micheline Luccioni

Clémence

Lucien Hubert

Mr Poisson

Jacques Harden

Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise

Maria Schell — Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise.

François Périer — Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

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