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Les Misérables is a french film of genre Drama directed by Raymond Bernard with Harry Baur

Les Misérables (1934)

Les Misérables
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Length 4h40
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Historical,    Crime
Rating82% 4.1364254.1364254.1364254.1364254.136425

Les Misérables is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Raymond Bernard and stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean and Charles Vanel as Javert. The film lasts four and a half hours and is considered by critics to be the greatest adaptation of the novel, due to its in-depth development of the themes and characters in comparison with most shorter adaptations.

It was released as three films that premiered over a period of three weeks.


Part One: Une tempête sous un crâne (Tempest in a Skull)
Part Two: Les Thénardier (The Thenardiers)
Part Three: Liberté, liberté chérie (Freedom, dear Freedom)

Synopsis

Jean Valjean is an ex-convict struggling to redeem himself, but his attempts are continually ruined by the intrusion of Javert into his life. Javert is a cruel, ruthless police inspector who has dedicated his life to pursuing Valjean, whose only crime was stealing a loaf of bread, for which he gets 5 years in jail. And then he serves an additional 14 years for a handful of escape attempts.

Actors

Harry Baur

(Jean Valjean / Champmathieu)Charles Vanel

(Inspector Javert)Charles Dullin

(Thénardier)Florelle

(Fantine)Josseline Gaël

(Cosette)
And :
Orane Demazis
Jean Servais
Marguerite Moreno
Henry Krauss
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