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
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
as Worker (uncredited)
