Germinal

Miou-Miou

'La Maheude'

Renaud

Étienne Lantier

Jean Carmet

Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort

Judith Henry

Catherine Maheu

Jean-Roger Milo

Antoine Chaval

Gérard Depardieu

Toussaint Maheu

Laurent Terzieff

Souvarine

Bernard Fresson

Victor Deneulin

Jean-Pierre Bisson

Rasseneur

Jacques Dacqmine

Philippe Hennebeau

Anny Duperey

Mrs. Hennebeau

Gérard Croce

Maigrat

Frédéric van den Driessche

Paul Négrel

Annick Alane

Mrs. Grégoire

Pierre Lafont

Léon Grégoire

Thierry Levaret

Zacharie Maheu

Fred Personne

Pluchart

Cécile Bois

Cécile Grégoire

Yolande Moreau

'La Levaque'

Maximilien Regiani

Pierron

Bruno Tuchszer

Captain of the Guards

Anne-Marie Pisani

'La Mouquette'

Fred Ulysse

Dansaert

André Julien

Mouque

Albano Guaetta

Jeanlin Maheu

Georges Staquet

Levaque

Yvette Petit

'La veuve Désir'

Delphine Quentin

Lucie Deneulin

Alexandrine Loeb

Jeanne Deneulin

Solenn Jarniou

Mrs. Rasseneur

Frédérique Ruchaud

Honorine

Jenny Clève

Rose

Fernand Kindt

Company Secretary

André Chaumeau

Company Cashier

Philippe Desboeuf

Doctor

Sabrina Deladerière

Philomène Levaque

Corinne Masiero

Dancer in a pink dress (uncredited)

Claude Berri

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Claude Berri

Director

Frédéric Auburtin

First Assistant Director

Véronique Lagrange

Script Supervisor

Arlette Langmann

Screenplay

Claude Berri

Screenplay

Émile Zola

Novel

Gérard Moulévrier

Casting

Claude Berri

Producer

Yves Angelo

Director of Photography

Christian Marti

Production Design

Olivier Radot

Art Direction

Hervé de Luze

Editor