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In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Keywords
rescue
prisoner
based on novel or book
falsely accused
prosecution
fake identity
french revolution
motherly love
promise
19th century
relentless cop
Casts
Jean Gabin
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Bernard Blier
Javert father / Javert son
Béatrice Altariba
Cosette
Giani Esposito
Marius de Pontmercy
Bourvil
Thénardier
Silvia Monfort
Éponine Thénardier
Danièle Delorme
Fantine
Elfriede Florin
La Thénardier
Serge Reggiani
Enjolras
Fernand Ledoux
Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel
Madeleine Barbulée
Sister Simplice
Martine Havet
Cosette at 8 years old
Lucien Baroux
Monsieur Gillenormand
Julienne Paroli
Madame Magloire
Jean Ozenne
Prefect of Montreuil-sur-Mer
Isabelle Lobbe
Azelma
Jimmy Urbain
Gavroche
Gérard Darrieu
Feuilly, revolutionary
Jacques Harden
Courfeyrac
Marc Eyraud
Grantaire, revolutionary
Pierre Tabard
Prouvaire
Suzanne Nivette
Mademoiselle Gillenormand
Jean Murat
Colonel-Baron Georges Pontmercy
Gerhard Bienert
President of the Arras court
René Fleur
Cardinal
Henri Guégan
Laigle, friend of the ABC
Luc Andrieux
Henri, insurgent worker
Harry Hindemith
Convict Cochepaille
Bernard Musson
Bamatabois, bourgeois
Gabrielle Fontan
Mother superior of the convent
Paul Villé
Basque
Edmond Ardisson
Gendarmerie brigadier
Christian Fourcade
'Petit-Pierre', little chimney sweep
Robert Bazil
Commissioner
Louis Arbessier
Police prefect
Laure Paillette
Toussainte, servant of rue Plumet
Jean d'Yd
Father Mabeuf
Émile Genevois
Coachman of the omnibus
Jean Favre-Bertin
'The Death'
François Darbon
Doctor
Jean Topart
Narrator (voice)
Pierre Moncorbier
Mag-Avril
Monsieur Madeleine's servant
Pierre Ferval
Prison accountant
Julien Maffre
Jean Blancheur
Rodolphe Marcilly
Bailiff
Jacques Marin
Monsieur Madeleine's secretary
Henri Coutet
Carter
Raymonde Vattier
Bourgeois woman
Palmyre Levasseur
Sister Perpétue
Paul Bonifas
Hospital doctor
André Dalibert
Peasant with the horse in Montfermeil
Marcel Rouzé
André Wasley
Édouard Francomme
Town hall secretary
Franck Maurice
Man from the gang
Georges Atlas
Christoph Beyertt
Bahorel
Hans Ulrich Laufer
Combeferre
Arlette Mirapeu
Roger Pelletier
Trude Brentina
Bourgeois woman (uncredited)
Horst Buder
Ernast (uncredited)
Werner Dissel
Brevet (uncredited)
Gerhard Einert
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Hans Finohr
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Johannes Knittel
'Le cabuc' (uncredited)
Waltraut Kramm
Waitress (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lippert
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Rolf Moebius
General advocate (uncredited)
Kurt Mühlhardt
Assessor (uncredited)
Erich Nadler
Beggar (uncredited)
Klara Reschke
Baptist (uncredited)
Karl Schnog
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Werner Segtrop
Defender in court (uncredited)
Elisabeth Süssenguth
Baptist (uncredited)
Nico Turoff
Chenildieu (uncredited)
Fabian Wander
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Max Doria
Doorman (uncredited)
Christian Lude
Commissioner of Val-de-Grâce (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
Gillenormand's coachman (uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys
Release attendant (uncredited)
Robert Porte
Paget (uncredited)
Fredy Barten
(uncredited)
Christian Brocard
(uncredited)
Raymond Carl
(uncredited)
Harold Conway
(uncredited)
Yvonne Décade
(uncredited)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
(uncredited)
Allain Dhurtal
(uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
(uncredited)
Crews
Jacques Natteau
Director of Photography
Victor Hugo
Novel
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Director
Georges Van Parys
Original Music Composer
Serge Piménoff
Production Design
Karl Schneider
Production Design
Pierre Cabaud
Executive Producer
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Writer
René Barjavel
Writer
André Hunebelle
Producer
René Bezard
Executive Producer
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Paul Cadéac
Executive Producer
Roberto Dandi
Co-Producer
Michel Audiard
Writer
Jacqueline Guyot
Costume Design
Adrien Remaugé
Producer
Luise Schmidt
Costume Design
Frédéric Junker
Costume Design
Louis Bonnemaison
Makeup Artist
Jules Chanteau
Makeup Artist
Yvonne Gasperina
Makeup Artist
Margarete Walther
Makeup Artist
Bernhard Kalisch
Makeup Artist
Lieselotte Johl
Editor
Emma Le Chanois
Editor
Erich Kühne
Production Manager
Richard Brandt
Production Director
Hubert Kübler
Sound Engineer
René-Christian Forget
Sound Engineer
Dagmar Bolin
Assistant Director
Max Friedmann
Assistant Director
Michel Pezin
Assistant Director
Serge Vallin
Assistant Director
Alain Douarinou
Camera Operator
Henri Tiquet
Camera Operator
Louis Duchesne
Production Manager
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