Germinal
A Feature film of
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Production year1962
French release18/09/1963
Runtime
1h 52m
Synopsis
1863. Etienne Lantier, who has been fired from a railway company for being involved in union activities, lands a miner's job in the North of France. He finds bed and lodging at the Maheus', all of whom being miners themselves and whose daughter Catherine proves susceptible to his charm.The work is hard, ill-paid and dangerous. When the miners hear their wages are going to be cut down they revolt, led by Lantier. The company decides to bring workers in replacement and the authorities repress the rebels ruthlessly. The strike ends in death and suffering but hope for a better future still prevails, in spite of everything...
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Director (1)
Actors (20)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Marceau-Cocinor, Paris Élysée Films, Metzger et Woog
- Foreign production companies : Laetitia Film, Hungarofilm, Hunnia Filmstudio
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Cocinor
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Eugène Tucherer, Edmond Tenoudji, Robert Woog
- Adaptation : Charles Spaak
- Dialogue Writer : Charles Spaak
- Director of Photography : Jean Bourgoin
- Music Composer : Michel Magne
- Assistant Director : Roger Pigaut
- Editor : Henri Rust
- Sound recordists : Antoine Archimbaud, Jacques Carrère, Robert Teisseire
- Costume designer : Jacques Cottin
- Author of original work : Émile Zola
- Sound Assistant : Pierre Davoust
- Camera Operator : Louis Stein
- Assistant editors : Gisèle Chézeau, Andrée Davanture
- Continuity supervisor : Annie Rozier
- Production Designer : Lucien Aguettand
- Still Photographer : Jean-Louis Castelli
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Literary adaptation
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, Hungary, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Italy, Hungary, France)
- Production year : 1962
- French release : 18/09/1963
- Runtime : 1 h 52 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 26852
- Visa issue date : 21/06/1963
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
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