If you like les miserables you are looking for touching, serious and epic movies or tv shows about with injustice, thief, on the run, mayor, redemption, haunted by the past and theft themes of drama and history genre shot in france or italy. Les miserables tv miniseries, 2019, starring dominic west, david oyelowo and lily collins. After 19 years as a prisoner, jean valjean hugh jackman is freed by javert russell crowe, the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Many would disagree but i think this one by bille august is better than that. Ascap, latinautor, latinautor warner chappell, warner chappell, and 5 music.
Les miserables this one is french, so its got that extra soupcon of authenticity. Feb 23, 2016 a novel by victor hugo, examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of france, the architecture and urban design of paris, p. Pbs stirring nonmusical captures the beauty and anguish of this unjust life dominic west, david oyelowo, olivia coleman, and lily collins star in this sixpart. Les miserables original french version no subtitles. I have seen several les miserables movies 1934 french at 4 12 hours, 1935 frederick march, the 1952 michael rennie, 1978 tony perkins, the 1995 french with jeanpaul belmondo, the 1998 liam neeson and this 1982 french tv version. May 09, 2015 les miserables original french concept album licensed to youtube by ingrooves on behalf of first night records. Published in 1862, the book referenced what were already historic events.
Before you buy it, make sure your player will play region 2 dvds. Les miserables film, 1934 starring harry baur as jean valjean. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. But his secret past comes back to haunt him when his old adversary suddenly makes. I saw this version on fox movie channel around 2000 2001 and was mesmerized by it. Jean valjean list of portrayers les miserables wiki fandom. Musical richard dewitte original french concept album, gilles buhlmann original paris stage cast, michael ball original london cast, complete symphonic recording, 10th anniversary concert, david. Les miserables 2000 french television adaptation one of my favourite versions, second only to the 1934 adaptation. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Mar 01, 20 set against the backdrop of 19thcentury france, les miserables tells the story of exprisoner jean valjean hugh jackman, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman javert russell crowe. I had to have it and when i finally found it back then in europe i bought a player the oppo unit that plays it. Produced as a television film by sir lew grade in 1978, it shares the weaknesses of many of his other excursions into the cinema in the late seventies and early eighties a lack of sparkle and decent script. Being a diehard les miserables fan, i first learned the musical and then read the book. Years pass, and valjean has made a new life for himself as the mayor of a french town.
Produced as a television film by sir lew grade in 1978, it shares the weaknesses of many of his other excursions into the cinema in the late seventies and early eighties a. Jan 12, 20 les miserables 1978 a movie about faith and living as a christian. A novel by victor hugo, examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of france, the architecture and urban. The 1978 movie ends with the quiet wedding of marius and cosette, attended by two fathers.
Stretching it a bit, but cosette is this in the 1992 french cartoon. In the englishspeaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original french title. In late eighteenth century france, in the middle of the french revolution, the. The musical, though wonderful, was nothing in comparison to the book. John gielgud plays the part of marius aristocratic father, finally won over to appreciate his revolutiondriven son. Les miserables original, musical, drama, broadway opened in new york city mar 12, 1987 and played through may 18, 2003. Jean valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving nineteen years. The film was written by john gay, produced by lew grade, and directed by glenn jordan no relation to star richard jordan. The french production of 1982 by robert hossein was good and was definitely longer and more detailed than this. It is a shame that version is seldom shown on tv but it is a master piece. Les miserables tells the fictional story of jean valjean, a man who has unjustly been condemned to nearly two decades of prison for stealing a. However, the production closed after three months due to the expiry of the booking contract.
What a justice system where stealing a loaf of bread is a lifetime prison sentence. The 1979 tv movie les miserables was advertised as the 12th feature film to be. Les miserables is a 2019 french drama film directed by ladj ly in his fulllength feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by ly, giordano gederlini and alexis manenti, based on lys 2017 short film of the same name. Les miserables 1978 a movie about faith and living as a christian. Watch les miserables online stream full movie directv. Les miserables 33x subtitles download movie and tv series. A novel by victor hugo, examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of france, the architecture and urban design of paris, p. Dave willets london cast replacement, various international tours including the 25th anniversary australian asian tour. Les miserables is a 2000 french television miniseries based on the 1862 novel of the same name by victor hugo. Les miserables 1978 tv movie yup, its a madefortv movie. Gio dua, 45episode 30hourlong vietnamese adaptation.
Eight years later, valjean becomes the guardian of a child named cosette after her mother. Dec 30, 2012 top 10 les mizzes better than the new les miz. Les miserables was originally released as a frenchlanguage concept album, and the first musicalstage adaptation of les miserables was presented at the palais des sports in 1980. With gerard depardieu, christian clavier, john malkovich, virginie ledoyen. Original french text by alain boublil and jeanmarc natel. Originally, of course, it was victor hugos 1862 french historical novel of. Free download from source, api support, millions of users.
The official website for the stage production of les miserables. Les miserables 1978 anthony perkins in les miserables 1978 richard jordan. At first he only encounter mistrust and closed doors. Below is a list of actors who portrayed jean valjean, both in the musical and movies. He escaped sentencing for adultery in 1845 by royal pardon. Perhaps you already know your malle from your melville, and are fluent in the language of the nouvelle vague. Best movies and tv shows like les miserables 2000 bestsimilar. By jim castagnera special to the history place 114. The convict jean valjean is released from a french prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. Sometimes valjean the 1978 version starring richard jordan as valjean was. Les miserables of all the film versions, this is probably the oldest one youll find.
Click the link for more information on the show, to buy tickets and much much more. As far as the latter, for my input, nothing compares to this version. And is a novel by french author victor hugo, and is considered one of the best of the 19th century, because it describes in detail the lives of the wretched poor people les miserables during the period around 1815. This the best version of the movie i have ever seen and fredric march and charles laughton are dynamite together. Dec 14, 2016 les miserables 1982 french les miserables 1982 french les miserables 1982 french. If you like les miserables you are looking for tense, touching and serious movies about with tragic love, redemption, french revolution, crimes, revolution, rich and poor and parents and children themes of drama and history genre shot in uk. Apart from some draggy pacing, staid directing and the very unexciting barricade scenes, this film was still very good and as an adaptation is better than the 1952, 2000 and especially 1998. This time, richard jordan is the persecuted french exconvict jean valjean.
It maintains the setting, time period and covers the full arc of the story. Les miserables 1978 a movie about faith and living as a. Note that les miserables film, 2019, directed by ladj ly is not an adaptation, although its title being the same is not a coincidence. Had a mistress, juliette gauvain aka juliette drouet, for 50 years, although he had many other affairs. Javert list of portrayers les miserables wiki fandom. This is a great addition to other versions of les miserables. Below is the full list of actors who played a role of javert, both in musical and movie adaptation. Gavroche in the 2000 miniseries starts off older than cosette, but is still the. The scene is set during the french restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. To me, the best versions of les miserables a literary classic, and the great french novel for a reason are the ones from 1935, 1978 and especially 1934. Manenti stars alongside damien bonnard, djebril zonga, issa percia, alhassan ly, steve tientcheu, almany kanoute and nizar ben fatma. The movie musical is already a worldwide hit, but lovers of the victor hugo novel can find many more satisfying versions. Perhaps you already know your malle from your melville, and are fluent in. Although much admired by some, im afraid i find this a rather workmanlike production.
Musical jacques mercier original french concept album, jean vallee original paris stage cast, roger allam original london cast, terrance mann original broadway cast, thomas goerz original canadian cast, takeshi kaga and sakae takita original japanese cast, jack dorland. An earlier production, les miserables 1978 had ian holm as thenardier. The musical of the same name was written originally in french and performed in paris in 1980, before an english adaptation opened in london in 1985. I had to read les miserables in french in high school, and never quite understood it, so the details are. There have been many film versions since, both english and french productions. This is your goto guide to the 100 best french movies of all time. Les miserables 1998 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The scene is set during the french restoration at the beginning of the. Hugos goliath tome were released in 1947, 1952, 1957, 1978, 1982, 1995 this. But the guy who plays javert is also the guy who played norman bates in psycho, so thats pretty cool. Oystein wiik 19881989 original norwegian cast, berlin and west end, 10th anniversary concert as one of the 17 valjeans. Having said all that, i found the film enjoyable in its own right, but i dont regard it as a very true or complete version of hugos tale. Les miserables, one of the most popular musicals of all time, is based on a novel of the same name by french author victor hugo. Les miserables was published by the french novelist victor hugo in 1862.
Les miserables 1978, the widow of saintpierre 2000, great expectations. When valjean arrives at the town of digne, no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an exconvict. Attached is a list of all actors who have played marius. Overall i think he would have liked all the film versions of les miserables going all the way back to the earliest known silent version released by the fox film co in 1919.
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