---
title: 'Gervaise (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clément'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gervaise-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049259/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gervaise (1956)

1956 · 112 min · Drama · France, Italy


## Synopsis

Gervaise is a 1956 French historical drama film directed by René Clément based on the 1877 novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It depicts a working-class woman in the mid-nineteenth century trying to cope with the descent of her husband into alcoholism.

## Credits

- **Director:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Aurenche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-aurenche), [Pierre Bost](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-bost)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Auric](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-auric)
- **Producer:** [Agnès Delahaie](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-delahaie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Juillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-juillard)
- **Editor:** [Henri Rust](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-rust)

## Cast

- [Jacqueline Morane](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-morane)
- [Yvette Cuvelier](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-cuvelier)
- [Philippe de Chérisey](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-cherisey)
- [Roger Dalphin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-dalphin)
- [Yvonne Claudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-claudie)
- [Gérard Darrieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-darrieu)
- [Paul Préboist](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-preboist)
- [Maria Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-schell)
- [Jacques Hilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-hilling)
- [Georges Paulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-paulais)
- [Yvonne Dany](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-dany)
- [Hubert de Lapparent](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-de-lapparent)
- [Simone Duhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-duhart)
- [Suzy Delair](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzy-delair)
- [Micheline Luccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-luccioni)

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