Les Misérables

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Original title: Les Misérables
Year: 1934
Running time: 201 min.
Country: France
Director: Raymond Bernard
Screenwriter: Raymond Bernard, André Lang (Novel: Victor Hugo)
Music: Arthur Honegger
Cinematography: Jules Kruger
Cast: Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Marguerite Moreno, Paul Azaïs, Max Dearly, Charles Dullin
Producer: Pathé-Natan
Genre: Drama | 19th Century
Movie Groups: Victor Hugo Adaptations | Les misérables
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Synopsis / Plot: The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.

Awards: 1936: National Board of Review: Top Ten Foreign Films

Critics' reviews

"This is very likely the best adaptation of Hugo’s novel (...) That’s partly because Mr. Bernard avoids any trace of the literary; this is a film that vigorously expresses itself through performance and visual style."

Dave Kehr: The New York Times
"It is simplicity —simplicity of production, of mood, of performance and direction— which (...) lends it dignity, strength and a measure of great beauty."

Frank S. Nugent: The New York Times
"If, like me, you have never experienced this milestone in French filmmaking, I urge you to do so."

Leonard Maltin: IndieWire
"The best screen version of Victor Hugo’s seminal thriller (...) The great Harry Baur brings a formidable presence to Valjean"

Philip French: The Guardian

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