Les Misérables 1958

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.5
Imdb Votes:	1,319
Duration:	210 mins
Year:	1958
Language:	French
Genre:	Drama
Country:	France, Italy, East Germany
Director:	Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Writers:	Michel Audiard, René Barjavel, Victor Hugo (novel), Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Actors:	Jean Gabin , Bernard Blier , René Fleur , Julienne Paroli ,
Awards:	N/A

Description:

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.