Les Misérables

Les Misérables

210 mins | Drama, History | March 12, 1958

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.

Les Misérables

210 mins | Drama, History | March 12, 1958

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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers DEFA, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, P.A.C., Serena, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''
Original title Les Misérables
Directors Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Writers Victor Hugo, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, René Barjavel, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean Gabin

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Danièle Delorme

as Fantine

Bernard Blier

as Javert (père et fils)

Béatrice Altariba

as Cosette

Giani Esposito

as Marius de Pontmercy

Bourvil

as Thénardier

Elfriede Florin

as La Thénardier

Silvia Monfort

as Eponine

Serge Reggiani

as Enjolras

Fernand Ledoux

as Monseigneur Myriel

Madeleine Barbulée

as Soeur Simplice

Martine Havet

as Costte à 8 ans

Lucien Baroux

as Gillenormand

Julienne Paroli

as Madame Magloire

Jean Ozenne

as le préfet de Montreuil

Isabelle Lobbe

as Azelma

Jimmy Urbain

as Gavroche

Gérard Darrieu

as Feuilly

Jacques Harden

as Courfeyrac

Marc Eyraud

as Grantaire

Pierre Tabard

as Prouvaire

Suzanne Nivette

as Mademoiselle Gillenormand

Jean Murat

as le colonel Pontmercy

Gerhard Bienert

as le président du tribunal

René Fleur

as le cardinal

Henri Guégan

as Un ami de l'ABC

Luc Andrieux

as Un ouvrier

Harry Hindemith

as un bagnard

Bernard Musson

as un bourgeois

Gabrielle Fontan

as la supérieure du couvent

Paul Villé

as Basque

Edmond Ardisson

as Un gendarme

Christian Fourcade

as Le petit ramoneur

Robert Bazil

as Un commissaire

Louis Arbessier

as Le préfet

Laure Paillette

as La servante, rue Plumet

Jean d'Yd

as Le père Mabeuf

Émile Genevois

as Le cocher de l'omnibus

Jean Favre-Bertin

as La 'mort'

François Darbon

as le médecin

Jean Topart

as Récitant / Narrator (voix)

Mag-Avril

as La servante de Monsieur Madeleine

Pierre Ferval

as Le comptable de la prison

Rodolphe Marcilly

as L'huissier

Jacques Marin

as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Madelaine

Henri Coutet

as Un charretier

Palmyre Levasseur

as Soeur Pérpétue

Paul Bonifas

as Le médecin de l'hôpital

André Dalibert

as Le paysan au cheval

Édouard Francomme

as Le secrétaire de mairie

Christoph Beyertt

as Bahorel

Trude Brentina

as Une bourgeaoise

Horst Buder

as Ernast

Werner Dissel

as Brevet

Gerhard Einert

as Un révolutionnaire

Hans Finohr

as Un révolutionnaire

Johannes Knittel

as Le cabuc

Waltraut Kramm

as La serveuse

Hans Ulrich Laufer

as Combeferre

Wolfgang Lippert

as Un révolutionnaire

Rolf Moebius

as Avocat général

Kurt Mühlhardt

as Un assesseur

Erich Nadler

as Un mendiant

Klara Reschke

as Une baptiste

Karl Schnog

as Un bourgeois

Werner Segtrop

as Défenseur du tribunal

Elisabeth Süssenguth

as Une baptiste

Nico Turoff

as Chenildieu

Fabian Wander

as Un révolutionnaire