Germinal

André Chaumeau as Company Cashier Jean-Roger Milo as Antoine Chaval Thierry Levaret as Zacharie Maheu Frédérique Ruchaud as Honorine Jean-Pierre Bisson as Rasseneur Anny Duperey as Mrs. Hennebeau Cécile Bois as Cécile Grégoire Yolande Moreau as 'La Levaque' Solenn Jarniou as Mrs. Rasseneur Claude Berri as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Renaud as Étienne Lantier Frédéric van den Driessche as Paul Négrel Miou-Miou as 'La Maheude' Jean Carmet as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort Fred Ulysse as Dansaert Georges Staquet as Levaque Gérard Depardieu as Toussaint Maheu Laurent Terzieff as Souvarine Annick Alane as Mrs. Grégoire Corinne Masiero as Dancer in a pink dress (uncredited) Judith Henry as Catherine Maheu Gérard Croce as Maigrat Bruno Tuchszer as Captain of the Guards Anne-Marie Pisani as 'La Mouquette' Yvette Petit as 'La veuve Désir' Bernard Fresson as Victor Deneulin Jacques Dacqmine as Philippe Hennebeau Fred Personne as Pluchart Jenny Clève as Rose

Christian Marti Production Design Yves Angelo Director of Photography Hervé de Luze Editor Moidele Bickel Costume Design Sylvie Gautrelet Costume Design Derek Meddings Special Effects Coordinator Olivier Radot Art Direction Caroline de Vivaise Costume Design Émile Zola Novel Pierre Gamet Sound Engineer Claude Berri Screenplay, Director, Producer Gérard Moulévrier Casting Frédéric Auburtin First Assistant Director