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.

• Paris Elysées Films
• Hunnia Filmstúdió
• Jean Sorel
• Berthe Granval
• Claude Brasseur
• Philippe Lemaire
• Claude Cerval
• Bernard Blier
• Jacqueline Porel
• Zoltán Makláry