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Germinal (1963)

Germinal poster
Directed by
Yves Allégret
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Italy, Hungary
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It is about a coal mining community in 19th century France. A young worker arrives and gets caught up in the miners' struggle against poverty and exploitation.

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What happens

Germinal is a 1963 French language French-Italian-Hungarian film directed by Yves Allégret. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel Germinal by Emile Zola. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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