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.

Germinal
Directed byYves Allégret
Written byCharles Spaak
Based onGerminal
by Emile Zola
StarringJean Sorel
CinematographyJean Bourgoin
Edited byHenri Rust
Music byMichel Magne, orchestra under the direction of Jean Gitton
Production
companies
Les Films Marceau, Cocinor, Paris Elysées Film, Metzger et Woog (Paris); Laetitia Film (Rome), in collaboration with Hungaro Films et Hunnia Films (Budapest)
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • September 18, 1963 (1963-09-18)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Hungary
LanguageFrench

Plot

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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.

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