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1913 French film

Germinal

Directed by	Albert Capellani
Written by	Albert Capellani
Based on	Germinal by Emile Zola
Starring	Henry Krauss
Cinematography	Louis Forestier, Pierre Trimbach
Production company	Pathé Frères
Release date	1913 (1913)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Germinal is a 1913 black and white silent French language French film written and directed by Albert Capellani. It was released in the United States in 1914 as Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel Germinal by Emile Zola. With a running time of 140 minutes, it is one of the first films produced with a length of over two hours.

Synopsis

The year is 1863. Étienne Lantier gets work as a mineworker after having been fired from his job on the railroad for revolutionary behavior. Disheartened by the conditions in the mines, he returns to his revolutionary ideas and leads a strike of the mineworkers. Soldiers are brought in to quell the strike.

Cast

Henry Krauss: Étienne Lantier
Auguste Mévisto: Catherine Maheu
Albert Bras: Hennebeau
Paul Escoffier: Henri Negrel
Jeanne Cheirel: La Maheude
Cécile Guyon: Cécile Hennebeau
Marc Gérard: Bonnemort
René Lefèvre-Bel : Félix

External links

Germinal at IMDb

v t e Émile Zola
Les Rougon-Macquart	La Fortune des Rougon La Curée Le Ventre de Paris La Conquête de Plassans La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret Son Excellence Eugène Rougon L'Assommoir Une page d'amour Nana Pot-Bouille Au Bonheur des Dames La joie de vivre Germinal L'Œuvre La Terre Le Rêve La Bête humaine L'Argent La Débâcle Le Docteur Pascal
Other novels	Les Mystères de Marseille Thérèse Raquin Madeleine Férat L'Inondation
Non-fiction	J'Accuse...!
Libretti	Messidor (1897) L'Ouragan (1901) L'Enfant roi (1905) Les Quatre journées (1916)
Film adaptations	L'Assommoir (1909) Germinal (1913) Maddalena Ferat (1920) The Earth (1921) Nana (1926) L'Argent (1928) Thérèse Raquin (1928) The Struggle (1931) Nana (1934) La Bête Humaine (1938) Shop Girls of Paris (1943) Nana (1944) Thérèse Raquin (1953) Human Desire (1954) Nana (1955) Gervaise (1956) La Bestia humana (1957) Lovers of Paris (1957) Germinal (1963) The Game Is Over (1966) The Demise of Father Mouret (1970) Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (1982) Nana (1985) Germinal (1993) Thirst (2009) In Secret (2013)
Musical adaptations	Le Rêve (1891 opera) L'attaque du moulin (1893 opera) Lazare (1903 oratorio) Naïs Micoulin (1907 opera) Thou Shalt Not (2001 musical) Thérèse Raquin (2001 opera)
Television adaptations	Cruel Train (1995 film) The Paradise (2012 series) The Ladies' Paradise (2015 series)
Related	François Zola (father) Naturalism Portrait of Emile Zola (1868 painting) A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting) The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) Cézanne et Moi (2016 film)

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