Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.
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| Production | Eugène Tucherer | Producer |
| Sound | Jacques Carrère | Sound |
| Sound | Antoine Archimbaud | Sound |
| Sound | Robert Teisseire | Sound |
| Art | Tibor Nell | Art Direction |
| Art | Lucien Aguettand | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacques Bouban | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Henri Rust | Editor |
| Directing | Yves Allégret | Director |
| Writing | Charles Spaak | Screenplay |
| Sound | Michel Magne | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Émile Zola | Novel |
| Camera | Jean Bourgoin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean Gitton | Conductor |