
Germinal
Germinal
A Drama film released in 1963, Germinal runs 1h 50m and comes from Hungary. Soap2Day lists it with Yves Allégret directing and Jean Sorel and Berthe Granval in the cast. It holds 7.8/10 from 7 votes. Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Hungary, Italy, France
- Director: Yves Allégret
- Cast: Jean Sorel, Berthe Granval, Claude Brasseur, Philippe Lemaire, Claude Cerval, Bernard Blier, Jacqueline Porel, Zoltán Makláry, Simone Valère, Sándor Pécsi, Michèle Cordoue, Marianne Krencsey














