Discover
During the Second Napoleonic Empire, Etienne Lantier finds employment as a coal miner in the northern French town of Montsou. He immediately encounters misery and degradation in the apalling conditions of the mine. There he meets men as unscrupulous as Chaval and, conversely, as generous as Maheu. In fact a whole range of suffering humanity, labouring under the curse of capitalism.
Original Release
09/29/1993
US Release
12/17/1993
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Miou-Miou | Maheude / 'La Maheude' |
| Renaud | Étienne Lantier |
| Jean Carmet | Vincent Maheu dit Bonnemort / Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort |
| Judith Henry | Catherine Maheu |
| Jean-Roger Milo | Chaval / Antoine Chaval |
| Gerard Depardieu | Toussaint Maheu |
| Laurent Terzieff | Souvarine |
| Bernard Fresson | Victor Deneulin |
| Jean-Pierre Bisson | Rasseneur |
| Jacques Dacqmine | Philippe Hennebeau |
Directors
Writers
Claude Berri, Émile Zola, Arlette Langmann
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Miou-Miou | Maheude / 'La Maheude' |
| Renaud | Étienne Lantier |
| Jean Carmet | Vincent Maheu dit Bonnemort / Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort |
| Judith Henry | Catherine Maheu |
| Jean-Roger Milo | Chaval / Antoine Chaval |
| Gerard Depardieu | Toussaint Maheu |
| Laurent Terzieff | Souvarine |
| Bernard Fresson | Victor Deneulin |
| Jean-Pierre Bisson | Rasseneur |
| Jacques Dacqmine | Philippe Hennebeau |
| Anny Duperey | Madame Hennebeau / Mrs. Hennebeau |
| Gérard Croce | Maigrat |
| Frédéric Van Den Driessche | Paul Négrel |
| Annick Alane | Madame Grégoire / Mrs. Grégoire |
| Pierre Lafont | Léon Grégoire |
| Thierry Levaret | Zacharie Maheu |
| Fred Personne | Pluchart |
| Cécile Bois | Cécile Grégoire |
| Yolande Moreau | La Levaque / 'La Levaque' |
| Maximilien Regiani | Pierron |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Claude Berri | Producer |
| Hervé Bourges | Producer |
| Georges Prost | Producer |
| André Rousselet | Producer |
| Bodo Scriba | Producer |
| Pierre Grunstein | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Germinal (Trailer 1)
