Germinal

7.4
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1963. September 16.

Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.

Discover

Jean Sorel

Étienne Lantier

Berthe Granval

Catherine Maheu

Claude Brasseur

Martin Chaval

Philippe Lemaire

Henri Negrel

Claude Cerval

Victor Maigrat

Bernard Blier

Hennebeau

Jacqueline Porel

Madame Maigrat

Simone Valère

Madame Hennebeau

Michèle Cordoue

Widow Désir

Marianne Krencsey

'La Mouquette'

Gabrielle Dorziat

Catherine's grandmother

Gábor Koncz

Souvarine

Paulette Dubost

Rose, maid

Jacques Monod

Deneulin

Lea Padovani

'La Maheude'

Paul Amiot

Official (uncredited)

Béla Barsi

(uncredited)

Zoltán Basilides

(uncredited)

Itala Békés

(uncredited)

Colette Colas

(uncredited)

László Csákányi

(uncredited)

Anikó Felföldi

(uncredited)

György Gonda

(uncredited)

Árpád Gyenge

(uncredited)

Lajos Kelemen

(uncredited)

René Lefèvre-Bel

Felix, butler (uncredited)

József Madaras

(uncredited)

László Misoga

(uncredited)

Erzsi Máthé

(uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

Company envoy (uncredited)

Sándor Siménfalvy

(uncredited)

Bertalan Šolti

(uncredited)

Ottó Szokolay

(uncredited)

Endre Tallós

(uncredited)

Viktória Ujváry

(uncredited)

Tamás Verdes

(uncredited)

Miklós Zoltai

(uncredited)

Art

Tibor Nell

Art Direction

Lucien Aguettand

Production Design

Camera

Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jacques Bouban

Makeup Artist

Directing

Yves Allégret

Director

Editing

Henri Rust

Editor

Production

Sound

Michel Magne

Original Music Composer

Jean Gitton

Conductor

Writing

Charles Spaak

Screenplay

Art

Tibor Nell

Art Direction

Lucien Aguettand

Production Design

Camera

Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jacques Bouban

Makeup Artist

Directing

Yves Allégret

Director

Editing

Henri Rust

Editor

Production

Sound

Michel Magne

Original Music Composer

Jean Gitton

Conductor

Writing

Charles Spaak

Screenplay