Les misérables

Original title: Les Miserables

TV Movie
1978
Not Rated
2h 30m

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Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).

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7.3/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
In the novel upon which this film is based, Jean Valjean was sentenced to 5 years for theft, a sentence extended by increments of 3 years for 4 escape attempts, plus 2 years for resisting on one of his captures, for a total of 19 years. Here, he is sentenced to 5 years for theft, then is given an additional 5 years for his first escape attempt and 10 years for his second, bringing his total sentence up to 20 years. A third escape attempt is successful, so he only serves 19 of his 20 years. A successful escape somewhat misses one of the points of the original story, that even former convicts who lawfully served their sentences and paid their debt to society were still not given the opportunity to become productive members of it.

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The prison where Valjean is sentenced is identified as Toulon. It is depicted as a fortress used as a mill. The actual Toulon prison was a dockyard.

Quotes
Javert: There is no God. There is only the law. Good and evil do not exist outside the law.

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Featured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)

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10/10

THE BEST VERSION OF THIS MUCH LOVED CLASSIC

This is the best version of this classic by far. Richard Jordan gives one of his best performances as Jean Valjean. His scenes in the prison are heartrending. And he certainly knows how to draw you in and make you feel a part of it all, you can feel his suffering, his pain and the scene with the priest as he turns himself around is heartfelt and dramatic, he is definitely by far one of the best character actors that ever was. Anthony Perkins is great as Javert, cold, grim and unforgiving and the two of them together, they are great. Angela Pleasence gives a great performance as Fantine and of course John Gielgud, what can you say about someone that is a living legend, because you know whatever he does you know it will be outstanding. So I would highly recommend this one to anyone that loves the classics and not the version that just came out last year, to think they would try to do this classic again where there was already an outstanding version of this story once before was outrageous.