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Germinal (1963 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Germinal' is a 1963 French language French-Italian-Hungarian film directed by Yves Allgret. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel 'Germinal' by Emile Zola.
Plot
The year is 1863. tienne Lantier gets work as a mineworker after having been fired from his job on the railroad for revolutionary behavior. Disheartened by the conditions in the mines, he returns to his revolutionary ideas and leads a strike of the mineworkers. Soldiers are brought in to quell the strike.
Cast
* Jean Sorel as tienne Lantier, a new young miner
* Berthe Granval as Catherine Maheu, a young woman
* Claude Brasseur as Marcel (or Martin) Chaval, a miner in love with Catherine
* Bernard Blier as Hennebeau, the owner of a mineshaft
* Claude Cerval as Victor Maigrat, a businessman
* Philippe Lemaire as Henri Negrel, an engineer
* Jacqueline Porel as Mme Maigrat
* Lea Padovani as La Maheude
* Pierre Destailles as Raseneur, an innkeeper
* Paulette Dubost as Rose, Hennebeau's servant
* Gabrielle Dorziat as Ccile's grandmother
* Simone Valre as Madame Clotilde Hennebeau
* Jacques Monod as Deneulin
* Michle Cordoue as Dsir, a widow
* Sndor Pcsi as Maheu, a miner
* Gbor Koncz as Souvarine, a revolutionary
* Marianne Krencsey as la Mouquette
* Zoltn Maklry as Bonnemort, an old miner
* Ren Lefvre-Bel as Flix, Hennebeau's butler
See also
* 'Germinal' (1913}
* 'Germinal' (1993)
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