Les Misérables

Victor Hugo's monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it's hard to tell one version from another. One of the best and most faithful adaptations is this 240-minute French production, starring Jean Gabin as the beleaguered Jean Valjean. Arrested for a petty crime, Valjean spends years 20 in the brutal French penal system. Even upon his release, his trail is dogged by relentless Inspector Javert. Valjean's efforts to create a new life for himself despite the omnipresence of Javert is meticulously detailed in this film, which utilizes several episodes from the Hugo original that had hitherto never been dramatized. Originally released as a single film, Les Miserables was usually offered as a two-parter outside of France.

Genres:

Drama, History

Release:

Mar 12, 1958

Production:

Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma , Serena , DEFA , Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg'' , P.A.C.

Casts:

Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Bernard Blier, Béatrice Altariba, Giani Esposito, Bourvil, Elfriede Florin, Silvia Monfort, Serge Reggiani, Fernand Ledoux, Madeleine Barbulée, Martine Havet, Lucien Baroux, Julienne Paroli, Jean Ozenne, Isabelle Lobbe, Jimmy Urbain, Gérard Darrieu, Jacques Harden, Marc Eyraud, Pierre Tabard, Suzanne Nivette, Jean Murat, Gerhard Bienert, René Fleur, Henri Guégan, Luc Andrieux, Harry Hindemith, Bernard Musson, Gabrielle Fontan, Paul Villé, Edmond Ardisson, Christian Fourcade, Robert Bazil, Louis Arbessier, Laure Paillette, Jean d'Yd, Émile Genevois, Jean Favre-Bertin, François Darbon, Jean Topart, Pierre Moncorbier, Mag-Avril, Pierre Ferval, Julien Maffre, Jean Blancheur, Rodolphe Marcilly, Jacques Marin, Henri Coutet, Raymonde Vattier, Palmyre Levasseur, Paul Bonifas, André Dalibert, Marcel Rouzé, André Wasley, Édouard Francomme, Frank Morris, Georges Atlas, Fredy Barten, Christoph Beyertt, Trude Brentina, Horst Buder, Werner Dissel, Gerhard Einert, Hans Finohr, Johannes Knittel, Waltraut Kramm, Hans Ulrich Laufer, Wolfgang Lippert, Rolf Moebius, Kurt Mühlhardt, Erich Nadler, Klara Reschke, Karl Schnog, Werner Segtrop, Elisabeth Süssenguth, Nico Turoff, Fabian Wander, Arlette Mirapeu