Release Date

11 Jan, 1970

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

5/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Germinal

Photos

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Miniseries

11 Jan, 1970

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.

Created By

Actors

Mark Jones

Rosemary Leach

Annette Robertson

Graham Haberfield

Ken Jones

Donald Burton

John Wentworth

Crew

Émile Zola

David Turner

David Conroy

Don Homfray

Laura June Hudson

Jeanne Richmond

John Summers

Lennox Phillips

Norman Cockin