Germinal

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

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