خلاصه داستان : 1863. لانتیر بخاطر اینکه در فعالیت های حذب بوده است از شرکت ریل قطار اخراج می شود...

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.

خلاصه داستان : در یک شب بارانی، غریبه ای وارد شهری ساحلی شده و در یک هتل اتاق می گیرد. تنها جیزی که از او می دانند نامش است، "پییر"، و هر کس با او ملاقات می کند مشکوک می شود. او به نظر می رسد منطقه را به خوبی می شناسد و...

During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.