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Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor
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In a grim 19th-century coal mining community, workers and their families endure backbreaking labor, extreme poverty, and dangerous conditions for meager pay. A new arrival with radical ideas helps to organize the miners, stirring them to protest their exploitation. Their decision to go on strike leads to a bitter and violent confrontation with the powerful, uncompromising mine owners.
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- Director
- Albert Capellani
- Writer
- Albert Capellani
- Studio
- Pathé Frères
- Released
- 3 October 1913
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 150 min
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