Les Mis%C3%A9rables (1934 film)

Les Misrables is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugos 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 indepth development of the themes and characters in comparison with most shorter adaptations.

Jean Valjean is an exconvict 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 getsyears in jail. And then he serves an additionalyears for a handful of escape attempts.The film, like the novel, features numerous other characters and plots, such as Fantine, a woman forced into prostitution to help pay two cruel innkeepers, the Thnardiers, who are looking after her daughter Cosette, and the story of the revolutionaries, including Marius, a young man who falls in love later on in the film with the nowadult Cosette. ........

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