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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 (Bernard Blier). 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

Starring: Jean Gabin, Daniele Delorme, Bernard Blier

Released: March 11, 1958

Runtime: 210.0

Popularity Rating: 2.898

Deutsche Film (DEFA), P.A.C (Paris), Serena, Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema

France, Germany, Italy

Jean Valjean / Champmathieu Jean Gabin
Fantine Daniele Delorme
Javert (pere et fils) Bernard Blier
Cosette Beatrice Altariba
Marius de Pontmercy Giani Esposito
Thenardier Bourvil
La Thenardier Elfriede Florin
Eponine Silvia Monfort
Enjolras Serge Reggiani
Monseigneur Myriel Fernand Ledoux
Soeur Simplice Madeleine Barbulee
Costte a 8 ans Martine Havet
Gillenormand Lucien Baroux
Madame Magloire Julienne Paroli
le prefet de Montreuil Jean Ozenne
Azelma Isabelle Lobbe
Gavroche Jimmy Urbain
Feuilly Gerard Darrieu
Courfeyrac Jacques Harden
Grantaire Marc Eyraud
Prouvaire Pierre Tabard
Mademoiselle Gillenormand Suzanne Nivette
le colonel Pontmercy Jean Murat
le president du tribunal Gerhard Bienert
le cardinal Rene Fleur
Un ami de l'ABC Henri Guegan
Un ouvrier Luc Andrieux
un bagnard Harry Hindemith
un bourgeois Bernard Musson
la superieure du couvent Gabrielle Fontan
Basque Paul Ville
Un gendarme Edmond Ardisson
Le petit ramoneur Christian Fourcade
Un commissaire Robert Bazil
Combeferre Laufer
Bahorel Beyert
Le prefet Louis Arbessier
La servante, rue Plumet Laure Paillette
Le pere Mabeuf Jean d'Yd
Le cocher de l'omnibus Emile Genevois
La 'mort' Jean Favre-Bertin
Le medecin Francois Darbon
Recitant / Narrator (voix) Jean Topart
Pierre Moncorbier
Mag-Avril
Pierre Ferval
Julien Maffre
Jean Blancheur
Rodolphe Marcilly
Le messager Jacques Marin
Henri Coutet
Raymonde Vattier
Palmyre Levasseur
Paul Bonifas
Andre Dalibert
Arlette Patrick
Marcel Rouze
Andre Wasley
Pelletier
Edouard Francomme
Frank Morris
Georges Atlas
Fredy Barten
Christoph Beyertt
Trude Brentina
Horst Buder
Brevet Werner Dissel
Gerhard Einert
Hans Finohr
Johannes Knittel
Waltraut Kramm
Hans Ulrich Laufer
Wolfgang Lippert
Avocat general Rolf Mobius
Kurt Muhlhardt
Erich Nadler
Klara Reschke
Karl Schnog
Defenseur du tribunal Werner Segtrop
Elisabeth Sussenguth
Chenildieu Nico Turoff
Fabian Wander

Camera — Director of Photography: Jacques Natteau
Directing — Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Sound — Original Music Composer: Georges Van Parys
Writing — Author: Michel Audiard
Writing — Author: Rene Barjavel
Writing — Novel: Victor Hugo