Germinal (1963 film)
Germinal is a 1963 French language French-Italian-Hungarian film directed by Yves Allégret. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel Germinal by Emile Zola.
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| Directed by | Yves Allégret |
| Written by | Charles Spaak |
| Based on | Germinal by Emile Zola |
| Starring | Jean Sorel |
| Music by | Michel Magne, orchestra under the direction of Jean Gitton |
| Cinematography | Jean Bourgoin |
| Edited by | Henri Rust |
Production company | Les Films Marceau, Cocinor, Paris Elysées Film, Metzger et Woog (Paris); Laetitia Film (Rome), in collaboration with Hungaro Films et Hunnia Films (Budapest) |
| Distributed by | Cocinor |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | France, Italy, Hungary |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
The year is 1863. Étienne 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: Étienne Lantier, a new young miner
- Berthe Granval: Catherine Maheu, a young woman
- Claude Brasseur: Marcel (or Martin) Chaval, a miner in love with Catherine
- Bernard Blier: Hennebeau, the owner of a mineshaft
- Claude Cerval: Victor Maigrat, a businessman
- Philippe Lemaire: Henri Negrel, an engineer
- Jacqueline Porel: Mme Maigrat
- Lea Padovani: La Maheude
- Pierre Destailles: Raseneur, an innkeeper
- Paulette Dubost: Rose, Hennebeau's servant
- Gabrielle Dorziat: Cécile's grandmother
- Simone Valère: Madame Clotilde Hennebeau
- Jacques Monod: Deneulin
- Michèle Cordoue: Désir, a widow
- Sándor Pécsi: Maheu, a miner
- Gábor Koncz: Souvarine, a revolutionary
- Marianne Krencsey: la Mouquette
- Zoltán Makláry: Bonnemort, an old miner
- René Lefèvre-Bel : Félix, Hennebeau's butler
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See also
- Germinal (1993)
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