An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
as Maman Coupeau
as Clémence
as Mr Poisson
as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise