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Les Miserables [videorecording] / Les miserables Miserables Les mis Les miz - Full screen version. - Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, c2004. - 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. Originally produced for television broadcast in 1978. Not rated. Presented in 1.33:1 format.

Director of photography, Jean Tournier ; film editor, Bill Blunden ; music composed and conducted by Allyn Ferguson ; costume designer, Olga Lehmann. Director of photography, Jean Tournier ; film editor, Bill Blunden ; music composed and conducted by Allyn Ferguson ; costume designer, Olga Lehmann.

Starring Richard Jordan (Valjean) and Anthony Perkins (Javert) ; with Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Celia Johnson, Joyce Redman, Flora Robson.

Unemployed woodworker Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his sister and her children, but is caught and sentenced to five years in prison. He escapes, and is pursued relentlessly by fanatical Inspector Javert. Hugo's novel expresses his humanitarian interest in the suffering of the common people.


DVD, Dolby stereo. surround.


Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Standard No.: 012236133131

Publisher. No.: 13313 Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fugitives from justice--Drama.
Ex-convicts--France--Drama.
Redemption--Drama.
Social justice--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--Drama.
France--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Television adaptations.
Fiction television programs.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
History.

LC Class. No.: PQ2286 / .A31 2004 PQ2286.A2 / J67 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 791.45/72 Fic / MIS