Directed by:
Claude BerriCinematography:
Yves AngeloComposer:
Jean-Louis RoquesCast:
Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Renaud, Judith Henry, Jean-Roger Milo, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Terzieff, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Jacques Dacqmine (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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 degredation 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Miou-Miou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/326/166326425_f850fa.png)
Miou-Miou
France
Best movies:
May Fools (1990)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
![Jean Carmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058578_a568eb.jpg)
Jean Carmet
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
![Judith Henry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/693/160693165_89b604.png)
Judith Henry
France
Best movies:
Germinal (1993)
Kompromat (2022)
Restons groupés (1998)
![Jean-Roger Milo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225749_43e480.jpg)
Jean-Roger Milo
France
Best movies:
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
Germinal (1993)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
![Gérard Depardieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529108_0a4e75.png)
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
![Laurent Terzieff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/830/78830953_4b7f73.jpg)
Laurent Terzieff
France
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
Father's Trip (1966)
Germinal (1993)
![Bernard Fresson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494637_081a4f.jpg)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
The Longest Day (1962)
Mado (1976)
Jean-Pierre Bisson
France
Best movies:
Betty Blue (1986)
Lune froide (1991)
Germinal (1993)
![Jacques Dacqmine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517882_2535ba.jpg)
Jacques Dacqmine
France
Best movies:
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
![Anny Duperey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/739/160739211_7cd4eb.png)
Anny Duperey
France
Best movies:
Germinal (1993)
The ComDads (1983)
Light Years (1988)
![Frédéric van den Driessche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/148/161148596_4b4b2a.png)
Frédéric van den Driessche
France
![Cécile Bois](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/729/160729374_ab853f.png)
Cécile Bois
France
Best movies:
Germinal (1993)
The King Is Dancing (2000)
Maigret (1991) (series)
![Yolande Moreau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/358/159358871_730839.jpg)
Yolande Moreau
Belgium
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Germinal (1993)
![Annick Alane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/646/158646867_29db19.jpg)
Annick Alane
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Germinal (1993)
The Three Brothers (1995)
![Georges Staquet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059627_f305f9.jpg)
Georges Staquet
France
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
I... For Icarus (1979)
The Discord (1978)
Fred Personne
France
Best movies:
Les Petites Fugues (1979)
Animal (1977)
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
Thierry Levaret
Best movies:
Germinal (1993)
The Traveller (2019) (series)
Calm at Sea (2011)
Yvette Petit
Best movies:
Mother (1991)
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
Germinal (1993)
![Jenny Clève](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/433/168433054_35smcx.jpg)
Jenny Clève
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Germinal (1993)