Les Mis%C3%A9rables (1909 film)

Les Misrables is a 1909 American silent historical drama protofeature filmshort films that can be seen separately, but when combined together appear as a short film series resembling that of a full length feature film. The protofeature movie is based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film stars Maurice Costello and William V. Ranous and was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

The film relates the lives of the French people duringyears in the 19th century. The story is focused on Jean Valjean Costello, an honest man who is running from an obsessive police inspector chasing him for an insignificant offense. Valjean escapes being incarcerated.

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