Germinal is a 1993

French films of 1993

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 French

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 epic film

Epic film

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 based on the novel by Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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. It was directed by Claude Berri

Claude Berri

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, and stars Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

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, Miou-Miou

Miou-Miou

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 and Renaud

Renaud

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. At the time it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France.

It won the César Award for Best Cinematography

César Award for Best Cinematography

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 and Best Costume Design

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, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best director, Best Writing, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Production Design.

The film, set in the nineteenth century, closely follows the plot of the novel, which is a realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.

Cast

• Miou-Miou
  Miou-Miou
  Miou-Miou is a French actress. In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Yves Boisset, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Diane Kurys, Radu Mihăileanu, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.-Career:She was born...
  
   - Maheude
• Renaud - Étienne Lantier
• Gérard Depardieu
  Gérard Depardieu
  Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor...
  
   - Toussaint Maheu
• Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor.-Biography:...
  
   - Vincent Maheu dit Bonnemort
• Judith Henry
  Judith Henry
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   - Catherine Maheu
• Jean-Roger Milo - Chaval
• Laurent Terzieff
  Laurent Terzieff
  Laurent Terzieff was a French actor.- Biography :Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Čemerzin.The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on...
  
   - Souvarine
• Bernard Fresson
  Bernard Fresson
  Bernard Fresson was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II , Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant , Gilbert in Lover Boy , and...
  
   - Victor Deneulin
• Jean-Pierre Bisson - Rasseneur
• Jacques Dacqmine - Philippe Hennebeau
• Anny Duperey
  Anny Duperey
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   - Madame Hennebeau
• Gérard Croce - Maigrat
• Frédéric van den Driessche - Paul Négrel
• Annick Alane
  Annick Alane
  Annick Alane is a French film, television, and theatre actress.-Filmography :*1956: Les Truands directed by Carlo Rim*1964: Les Pieds dans le plâtre directed by Jacques Fabbri and Pierre Lary...
  
   - Madame Grégoire
• Pierre Lafont - Léon Grégoire