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.
| Directing | René Clément | Director |
| Writing | Émile Zola | Novel |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
| Production | Agnès Delahaie | Producer |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert Juillard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Henri Rust | Editor |
| Art | Paul Bertrand | Production Design |
| Directing | Claude Clément | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Serge Friedman | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Léonard Keigel | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Pierre Bost | Writer |