Les Miserables
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bille August
Peter Vaughan
Patsy Byrne
Lennie James
Philip Mcgough
Frank O'sullivan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jean Valjean is released from prison after serving 20 years of hard labor. Left without a sense of morality, he soon steals silverware from a bishop's house. He is caught; yet, when he is returned by the police, the bishop states the silver was a gift. His only request is that Valjean learn to do good for others. Jumping to 1822, Valjean is the humble and popular major of Vigau. He has an encounter with former inspector Javert who becomes suspicious of Valjean's identity. Javert eventually comes to recognize him and demand that Valjean be denouced. However, he lacks sufficient proof. All the while, Valjean develops a relationship with Fantine, a woman dismissed from her factory job for having a child out of wedlock. Malnourished, she dies after being abused by Javert and makes Valjean promise to raise her child, Cosette, as his own. The events of the July 1832 revolution affect them both as Cosette has fallen in love with a militant student Marius and Valjean faces Javert for the last time.
Cast
Peter Vaughan
Patsy Byrne
Lennie James
Philip Mcgough
Frank O'sullivan
Zdenek Vencl
Hans Matheson
Joshua Wren
Kelly Hunter
Sylvie Koblizkova
Milan Riehs
Zoja Oubramova
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Uma Thurman
Julian Rhind-tutt
Peter Mackriel
Ian Cregg
Zdenek Hess
David Mckay
Ben Crompton
Pavel Koci
Timothy Barlow
Libor Zidek
David Birkin
John Surman
Alex Norton
Terry Taplin
Margery Mason
Petr Penkava
Shane Hervey
Timothy Bateson
Jiri Patocka
James Saxon
Edna Dore
Paola Dionisotti
Ralph Nossek
Toby Jones
Petr Strnad
Mrioslav Taborsky
Janet Henfrey
Gillian Hanna
Tony Vogel
Geoffrey Rush
Jan Kuzelka
Jon Kenny
Richard Toth
Edward Tudor Pole
Shannon Mccormick
Christopher Adamson
Gerard Horan
Vaclav Chalupa
Pavel Vokoun
Veronika Bendova
Reine Brynolfsson
Jan Unger
Claire Danes
Mimi Newman
David Zdenek
Louis Hammond
John Mcglynn
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Kathleen Byron
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Liam Neeson
Crew
Annemarie Aaes
Jean-marc Abbou
Ross Adams
Monique Albouze
Jan Archibald
Lawrence Ashmore
Anna Asp
Richard Bain
Simon Bang
Catherine Barres
Jonathan Bates
Bert Batt
Miri Ben-shlomo
Becky Bentham
Alfredo Bocci
William Booker
Tim Boyle
Anne-marie Brocca
David Budd
Budd Carr
Gianni Casalnuovo
Vojtech Chvatil
Eric Colvin
Paul Conway
Trevor Coop
Michael Crouch
Leo Davis
Esther Douglas
Louis Elman
Peter Englesson
Vaclav Frank
Gianna Fuimi
Terry Glass
James Gorman
Peter Grant
Petr Hartl
D. M. Hemphill
Caroline Hewitt
Alex Hope
Mathieu Howlett
Victor Hugo
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Tomas Jelinek
David John
Jesper Kjolsrud
Jaroslav Kolman
Ales Komarek
Jiri Krejcir
Ladislav Lahoda
Nick Lowe
Nanna Mailand-hansen
Francois Mallard
Love Malmsten
Paul Massey
Adriana Mattiozzi
Guy Mazarguil
Frantisek Mesicek
Gareth Milne
Katerina Mirova
Charlie Noble
Fred North
Robin O'donoghue
Adam O'neill
Martin Oberlander
Tomas Obermaier
Helena Odier
Valdis Okarsdottir
Jiri Ostry
Belinda Parrish
Pavel Pavlousek
Jorgen Persson
Gabriella Pescucci
Pavel Picek
Carlo Poggioli
Basil Poledouris
Basil Poledouris
Rupert Porter
Zdena Prchlikova
Sarah Radclyffe
June Randall
Stuart Renfrew
Paul Riddle
Maggie Rodford
Morag Ross
Curtis Roush
Laurent Rousseau
Pavel Sagner
Martin Sebik
Vladimir Seiml
Serdjan Semjonovic
Michel Siksik
Mark Stannard
Milos Stehlik
Jaroslav Stolba
Michaela Strnadova
Dana H Suddath
Simon Terry
Neris Thomas
Mike Tiverios
Guy Travers
Karin Trolle
Roman Tudzaroff
Jiri Vater
Milan Vlcek
Vera Vlkova
Eva Vyplelova
Breda Walsh
Jan Weincke
Arthur Wooster
Tim Wooster
Rafael Yglesias
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video November 3, 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Released in United States Spring May 1, 1998
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (Avant-Premieres) September 4-13, 1998.
Gillian Armstrong was previously attached to direct.
Began shooting April 1, 1997.
Completed shooting late June 1997.
Victor Hugo's classic novel has been adapted to film numerous times, including: produced by Fox Film (USA/1918), directed by Frank Lloyd; directed by Henri Fescourt (France/1925); directed by Raymond Bernard (France/1934); produced by 20th Century-Fox (USA/1935), directed by Richard Boleslavsky and starring Fredric March and Cedric Hardwicke; by Riccardo Freda as "I Miserabili" (Italy/1947); again by 20th Century-Fox (USA/1952), directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Michael Rennie; and by Jean-Paul LeChanois (France/Italy/1957), starring Jean Gabin and Bernard Blier. "Les Miserables du vingtieme siecle/Les Miserable of the 20th Century," directed by Claude LeLouche and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, completed production summer 1994.
This project is not connected to the Broadway musical.
Released in United States Spring May 1, 1998
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (Avant-Premieres) September 4-13, 1998.)
Released in United States on Video November 3, 1998