Les misérables

1958
3h 30m

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Jean Valjean, reconnu coupable d'un délit mineur, passe le reste de sa vie à la poursuite de Javert, un policier cruel et implacable.Jean Valjean, reconnu coupable d'un délit mineur, passe le reste de sa vie à la poursuite de Javert, un policier cruel et implacable.Jean Valjean, reconnu coupable d'un délit mineur, passe le reste de sa vie à la poursuite de Javert, un policier cruel et implacable.

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7,4/10

1,8 k

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Anecdotes
Michel Audiard did not write a line for this film. He is not even in the credits. He was perhaps originally approached to collaborate in the writing, notably because of his affinity with Jean Gabin, finally did not contribute to it. Jean-Paul Le Chanois makes this clear in his interviews with Philippe Esnault: I liked Hugo's work very early on, I'd written the screenplay with René Barjavel (who had worked with me a bit on "Le Cas du docteur Laurent").

Citations
Courfeyrac: It's a pity to kill that young man, he could be your brother.
Enjolras: He is.

Autres versions
For the release in West Germany, the film was considerably censored and shortened, as well as completely re-dubbed.

Connexions
Featured in Les misérables et Victor Hugo: Au nom du peuple (2020)

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7/10

Good film for those who do not like to read

This version of the famous novel of Victor Hugo I found very suitable in general, with good acting and a narration, which give a real idea of the book. As I said several times several films never coincide with their original written versions, but this time the director Jean-Paul Le Chanois made a good effort in having a material as much similar to the book. Jean Gabin, for me the best all-time French actor, plays a good role as Jean Valjean seconded efficiently by Bernard Blier as Javert and several other French and Italian actors/actresses. I am sure that not all should agree with the opinion given here by me, but it depends how you feel about Hugo wrote. Misery is shown not only materially but spiritually as a sign of decaying society.