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Les Misérables is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Lloyd released in USA on 3 december 1917 with William Farnum

Les Misérables (1917)

Les Misérables
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Released in USA 3 december 1917
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0821253.0821253.0821253.0821253.082125

Les Misérables is one of many filmed versions of the Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It is a 1917 American silent film directed by Frank Lloyd, co-written by Lloyd and Marc Robbins, and produced by William Fox, released on December 3, 1917. It starred William Farnum, Hardee Kirkland, and George Moss.

Synopsis

Jean Valjean is a French peasant who spends almost twenty years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family, and then—when his "yellow passport" (given to him because of his status as a convicted criminal) makes it almost impossible to build a new life—he steals silverware from a kind Catholic Bishop who had given him a meal and a place to sleep. When the police find him with the silver they return him to the Bishop to confirm the theft, but the Bishop surprises Valjean by telling the police the silver had been a gift, and then adding his silver candlesticks, saying Valjean must have mistakenly left them behind because they were part of the gift. Valjean uses the money to start a new life under a new name, eventually becoming mayor of a small town, but police inspector Javert suspects Valjean, and works relentlessly to reveal his true identity and his past crimes.

Actors

William Farnum

(Jean Valjean)Hardee Kirkland

(Javert)Jewel Carmen

(Cosette at age 18)Kittens Reichert

(Cosette at 8)Dorothy Bernard

(Éponine)Edward Elkas

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