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.
Cast
Jean Sorel
Étienne Lantier
Berthe Granval
Catherine Maheu
Claude Brasseur
Martin Chaval
Philippe Lemaire
Henri Negrel
Claude Cerval
Victor Maigrat
Bernard Blier
Hennebeau
Jacqueline Porel
Madame Maigrat
Zoltán Makláry
Bonnemort
Simone Valère
Madame Hennebeau
Sándor Pécsi
Maheu
Michèle Cordoue
Widow Désir
Marianne Krencsey
'La Mouquette'
Gabrielle Dorziat
Catherine's grandmother
Gábor Koncz
Souvarine
Gábor Agárdy
Unknown
Paulette Dubost
Rose, maid
Pierre Destailles
Rosseneur
Jacques Monod
Deneulin
Lea Padovani
'La Maheude'
Paul Amiot
Official (uncredited)
Béla Barsi
(uncredited)
Zoltán Basilides
(uncredited)
Itala Békés
(uncredited)
Colette Colas
(uncredited)
László Csákányi
(uncredited)
Anikó Felföldi
(uncredited)
György Gonda
(uncredited)
Árpád Gyenge
(uncredited)
Lajos Kelemen
(uncredited)
René Lefèvre-Bel
Felix, butler (uncredited)
József Madaras
(uncredited)
László Misoga
(uncredited)
Erzsi Máthé
(uncredited)
Jean Ozenne
Company envoy (uncredited)
Sándor Siménfalvy
(uncredited)
Bertalan Šolti
(uncredited)
Ottó Szokolay
(uncredited)
Endre Tallós
(uncredited)
Viktória Ujváry
(uncredited)
Tamás Verdes
(uncredited)
Miklós Zoltai
(uncredited)
Crew
Yves Allégret
Director
Charles Spaak
Screenplay
Émile Zola
Novel
Henri Rust
Editor
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Eugène Tucherer
Producer
Lucien Aguettand
Production Design
Jacques Bouban
Makeup Artist
Jacques Carrère
Sound
Antoine Archimbaud
Sound
Robert Teisseire
Sound
Michel Magne
Original Music Composer
Jean Gitton
Conductor
Tibor Nell
Art Direction
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