Germinal

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

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