S01E01 Episode 1
In Montsou, the miners work hard and are not spared from accidents that sometimes prove fatal. Etienne Lantier, in his twenties, arrives from Lille to try and make his mark after a series of incidents....
Germinal
S01E05: Episode 5
Despite all this suffering, the workers still refuse to give up the strike. Perceived as the strike leader by the authorities, Etienne had to go into hiding to escape the gendarmes. He only goes out at night to join his comrades. The situation takes a dramatic turn for the worse when Belgian workers arrive from overseas to restart production at Le Voreux.
Overview
Hired in the Montsou mines, Étienne Lantier meets the Maheu family and falls in love with their daughter Catherine.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Hennebeau announces to the miners that new work sites will be opened, but there are fewer of them than teams and the price of a skip is set too low. As anger rumbles, Etienne tries...
S01E03 Episode 3
The strike breaks out and is particularly well attended at all the pits. It even gained momentum in the face of inflexible management. It was the beginning of another hellish period on the horizon, that...
S01E04 Episode 4
The march quickly took on the air of a revolution. At the Jean Bart shaft, strikers destroyed the installations, forcing the miners to the surface. The crowd of miners then headed for the other shafts....
S01E05 Episode 5
Despite all this suffering, the workers still refuse to give up the strike. Perceived as the strike leader by the authorities, Etienne had to go into hiding to escape the gendarmes. He only goes out...
S01E06 Episode 6
Etienne realized his failure and fell into despair. Some, like Maheude, don't want to give up, but they're in the minority. Most agreed to go back to work. But they don't know that Souvarine, true...
Cast
Louis Peres
Étienne Lantier
Thierry Godard
Maheu
Alix Poisson
La Maheude
Rose-Marie Perreault
Catherine Maheu
Guillaume de Tonquédec
Philippe Hennebeau
Natacha Lindinger
Mme Hennebeau
Valéria Cavalli
Mme Grégoire
Marilou Aussilloux
Cécile Grégoire
Jonas Bloquet
Antoine Chaval
Steve Tientcheu
Rasseneur
Sami Bouajila
Victor Deneulin
Stefano Cassetti
Souvarine
