Germinal (1963 film)

Germinal
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
Release dates	September 18, 1963
Running time	112 minutes
Country	France, Italy, Hungary
Language	French

Germinal is a 1963 French language French-Italian-Hungarian film directed by Yves Allégret. It is an adaptation of the novel Germinal by Emile Zola.

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

External links

• Germinal at the Internet Movie Database