Germinal

Jean Sorel

Étienne Lantier

Berthe Granval

Catherine Maheu

Claude Brasseur

Martin Chaval

Philippe Lemaire

Henri Negrel

Claude Cerval

Victor Maigrat

Bernard Blier

Hennebeau

Jacqueline Porel

Madame Maigrat

Zoltán Makláry

Bonnemort

Simone Valère

Madame Hennebeau

Sándor Pécsi

Maheu

Michèle Cordoue

Widow Désir

Marianne Krencsey

'La Mouquette'

Gabrielle Dorziat

Catherine's grandmother

Gábor Koncz

Souvarine

Gábor Agárdy

Paulette Dubost

Rose, maid

Pierre Destailles

Rosseneur

Jacques Monod

Deneulin

Lea Padovani

'La Maheude'

Paul Amiot

Official (uncredited)

Béla Barsi

(uncredited)

Zoltán Basilides

(uncredited)

Itala Békés

(uncredited)

Colette Colas

(uncredited)

László Csákányi

(uncredited)

Anikó Felföldi

(uncredited)

György Gonda

(uncredited)

Árpád Gyenge

(uncredited)

Lajos Kelemen

(uncredited)

René Lefèvre-Bel

Felix, butler (uncredited)

József Madaras

(uncredited)

László Misoga

(uncredited)

Erzsi Máthé

(uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

Company envoy (uncredited)

Sándor Siménfalvy

(uncredited)

Bertalan Šolti

(uncredited)

Ottó Szokolay

(uncredited)

Endre Tallós

(uncredited)

Viktória Ujváry

(uncredited)

Tamás Verdes

(uncredited)

Miklós Zoltai

(uncredited)