Germinal
Hennebeau announces to the miners that new sites are going to be opened, but there are fewer than teams and the price of the dumpster is set too low. As anger rumbles, Etienne tries to convince the inhabitants of the settlement to set up a solidarity fund. At the Maheu's, the grandfather is no longer able to work, which puts a severe strain on the family budget, which is already stretched.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- Action & Adventure, Drama
Hennebeau announces to the miners that new sites are going to be opened, but there are fewer than teams and the price of the dumpster is set too low. As anger rumbles, Etienne tries to convince the inhabitants of the settlement to set up a solidarity fund. At the Maheu's, the grandfather is no longer able to work, which puts a severe strain on the family budget, which is already stretched.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Épisode 1
51 mins
In Montsou, the miners work hard and are not spared from accidents which are sometimes fatal to them. Etienne Lantier, in his twenties, arrives from Lille to try to be forgotten after incidents. He was hired at the mine and discovered harsh working conditions there. The new is not insensitive to the charms of Catherine, also coveted by Chaval. Maheude struggles to feed the 10 members of her family who live under her roof.
Episode 2
Épisode 2
54 mins
The miners' anger continues to grow in the face of injustice; at the Maheu's, the grandfather can no longer work; Maheude offers for Etienne to come stay with them in exchange for rent, a decision that does not please Catherine.
Episode 3
Épisode 3
49 mins
The strike has been declared, but the meager reserves built up by the miners will not allow them to hold out for long. To bring the workers back to work as quickly as possible, the company sends Bressan, who does not shrink from any method to achieve his ends. Some give up and join the Jean Bart pit. Sensing the risk of demobilization, Etienne tries to keep the miners united.
Episode 4
Épisode 4
50 mins
Bressan announces to Hennebeau that the strike has resumed. He wants to contact Lille so that the gendarmerie can be sent as reinforcements and prevent other miners from stopping work in turn, but the director has another idea in mind. Victor Deneulin puts pressure on Antoine to encourage his colleagues to go back down to the mine. Furious, the strikers go to the Jean Bart pit, where activity has resumed, attack the installations and those they consider traitors to the cause.
Episode 5
Épisode 5
54 mins
Etienne hides to escape the gendarmes and Bressan, who wants at all costs to arrest the man he thinks is the leader of the strikers. Hennebeau calls on Belgian workers to restart production. The miners are outraged and attack the newcomers, placed under the protection of the police. Elsewhere, Alzire, one of the Maheu's daughters, falls seriously ill.
Episode 6
Épisode 6
56 mins
After the dramatic confrontation between the gendarmes and the miners, the latter are divided. Some, believing they have nothing more to lose, are of the opinion to go even further in violence and to take revenge by killing Bressan. Others, like Etienne, plead for the measure, while waiting to have instructions from Pluchart, representative of the Workers' International. Souvarine is ready to do anything to prevent a return to work.