Synopsis
Hailed by film critics around the world as the greatest screen adapation of Victor Hugo’s mammoth nineteenth-century novel, Raymond Bernard’s dazzling, nearly five-hour Les misérables is a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source. Featuring stunning art direction and cinematography and unforgettable performances by the exquisite Harry Baur (who died tragically during World War II), as Jean Valjean, and the legendary Charles Vanel, as Inspector Javert, Les misérables is one of the triumphs of French filmmaking.
Cast
| Jean Valjean/Mayor Madeleine/ Champmathieu/Mr. Fauchelevent | Harry Baur |
| Inspector Javert | Charles Vanel |
| Monseigneur Myriel | Henry Krauss |
| Fantine | Florelle |
| Cosette (as a child) | Gaby Triquet |
| Cosette | Josselyne Gaël |
| Marius Pontmercy | Jean Servais |
| Mr. Thénardier | Charles Dullin |
| Mrs. Thénardier | Marguerite Moreno |
| Eponine | Orane Demazis |
| Gavroche | Émile Genevois |
Credits
| Director | Raymond Bernard |
| Screenplay | André Lang and Raymond Bernard |
| Based on the novel by | Victor Hugo |
| Producer | Raymonde Boderie |
| Cinematography | Jules Kruger and René Ribault |
| Editing | Lucien Grumberg |
| Art direction | Jean Perrier and Lucien Carré |
| Music | Arthur Honegger |
| Orchestra direction | Maurice Jaubert |
| Costumes | Paul Colin |
From the Current
Eclipse Series 4:
Raymond Bernard
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Jul 23, 2007
It’s hard to think of an artist who better exemplifies the obscuring ebb and flow of film history than Raymond Bernard. Once a director equally admired by critics, fellow artists, audiences, and studio heads, Bernard is now, even among film scholars and French-cinema junkies, nearly forgotten...
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