Germinal
In 1860s France, Étienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is clever but uneducated with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at the Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hungry, and in debt, unable to feed and clothe their families. When conditions in the mining community deteriorate even further, Lantier finds himself leading a strike that could mean starvation or salvation for all.
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Mark Jones
Étienne Lantier · 5 eps
Rosemary Leach
Maheude · 5 eps
Annette Robertson
Catherine · 5 eps
Graham Haberfield
Chaval · 5 eps
Ken Jones
Rasseneur · 5 eps
Donald Burton
Souvarine · 5 eps
John Wentworth
Monsieur Grégoire · 5 eps
Freddie Jones
Maheu · 4 eps
Edward Jewesbury
Deneulin · 4 eps
Spencer Banks
Jeanlin · 4 eps
Alex Marshall
Mouquette · 4 eps
Derek Carpenter
Zacharie · 4 eps
Arnold Peters
Dansaert · 4 eps
Jack Lambert
Bonnemort · 4 eps
Arthur Pentelow
Maigrat · 1 ep
Terence Lodge
Négrel · 1 ep
Deborah Rawlings
Alzire · 1 ep
Norman Mitchell
Levaque · 1 ep
Joyce Latham
Madame Rasseneur · 1 ep
Petronella Barker
Cécile · 1 ep
