Les misérables (1995)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writers:

Victor Hugo (novel)
Claude Lelouch (writer)

Release Date:

3 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

In a time of chaos, in a world of change, he was moved by a book he could not read to become a hero he never imagined.

Plot:

A variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by...

Plot Keywords:

Lawyer | Paris | Jewish | WWII | Boxer

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean
Michel Boujenah	...	André Ziman
Alessandra Martines	...	Elise Ziman
Salomé Lelouch	...	La fille Ziman (as Salome)
Annie Girardot	...	Thénardière 1942
Philippe Léotard	...	Thénardier 1942
Clémentine Célarié	...	Catherine / Fantine
Philippe Khorsand	...	Le policier / Javert
Ticky Holgado	...	Le gentil voyou / Kind Hoodlum
Rufus	...	Thénardier 1830 / 1990
Nicole Croisille	...	Thénardière 1830 / 1990
William Leymergie	...	Toureiffel
Jean Marais	...	Mgr Myriel
Micheline Presle	...	La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
Darry Cowl	...	Le bouquiniste / Bookseller
Daniel Toscan du Plantier	...	Le comte de Villeneuve
Antoine Duléry	...	Le voyou fou
Jacques Gamblin	...	Le bedeau
Pierre Vernier	...	Le chef du bagne
Sylvie Joly	...	L'aubergiste de la plage
Robert Hossein	...	Le maître de cérémonie
Cyrielle Clair	...	La comtesse du bal
Margot Abascal	...	Salomé à 18 ans
Paul Belmondo	...	Henri Fortin à 20 ans
Jacques Bonnot	...	Un voyou
Jacques Boudet	...	Le médecin de campagne
Marie Bunel	...	Une jeune femme juive
Mickael Bussinger	...	Le jeune fils Thénardier
Nathalie Cerda	...	Une jeune femme juive
Michaël Cohen	...	Marius
Jean-François Dérec	...	Le passeur du Jura
Max Fournel	...	Le maire de L'Isle Adam
Valerio Gamberini	...	Le petit ramoneur
Pierre-Alexis Hollenbeck	...	Jeannot / Gavroche
Maurice Mons	...	Le méchant voisin
Anne-Marie Pisani	...	Une jeune femme juive
Wolfgang Pissors	...	L'officier du bunker
Isabelle Sadoyan	...	Mme Magloire
Marie-France Santon	...	La fidèle voisine
Pierre Semmler	...	L'officier allemand (as Peter Semler)
Guillaume Souchet	...	Henri Fortin à 9 ans
Nicolas Vogel	...	Le général de Verdun
Maurice Auzel	...	Le premier déménageur
Jean-Claude Bouillaud	...	Le brigadier 1830
Rémy Carpentier	...	Le garde-chasse
Jean-Philippe Chatrier	...	Jeanjean
Michel Deligne	...	Un gendarme 1900
Gilles Détroit	...	Le gendre des fermiers
Gilles Dimicelli	...	Le colosse de l'auberge
Marilyne Even	...	La femme du passeur
Stéphane Ferrara	...	Un policier
Aldo Frank	...	Le pianiste de l'auberge
Ariane Gardel	...	La fille des fermiers
Allen Hoist	...	Le G.I. pianiste
Henri-Jacques Huet	...	L'administrateur de l'Opéra
Bernard Lincot	...	Le bagnard costaud
Joseph Malerba	...	Le pompiste 1942
Jacques Marty	...	Le second déménageur
Hugues Massignat	...	Un policier
Olivier Mazoyer	...	Un policier
Natty Belmondo	...	Germaine (as Natty)
Mario Pecqueur	...	Un officier 1918
Marcel Pigou	...	Le troisième déménageur
Sabaya	...	Cosette à 6 ans
Sachka	...	Un enfant 1942
Richard Sammel	...	Le caporal allemand du Jura
Simon Sportich	...	Le voyageur du train
Ricardo Stein	...	Un général américain
Emmanuel Subes	...	Un policier
Arlette Thomas	...	La concierge
Lou Tordjman	...	La voyageuse du train
Thierry Triveillot	...	Kid Marcel
Jean-Michel Verner	...	L'équipier du policier
Jürgen Zwingel	...	L'officier allemand du train
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rémi Bergman	...	American reporter

Directed by
Claude Lelouch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Victor Hugo		novel
Claude Lelouch		writer

Produced by
Jean-Paul De Vidas	....	executive producer
Claude Lelouch	....	producer
Tania Zazulinsky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Didier Barbelivien
Erik Berchot
Francis Lai
Michel Legrand
Philippe Servain

Cinematography by
Claude Lelouch
Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty

Film Editing by
Hélène de Luze

Production Design by
Jacques Bufnoir
Laurent Tesseyre

Art Direction by
Jacques Bufnoir

Set Decoration by
Laurent Teysseyre

Costume Design by
Dominique Borg

Makeup Department
Magali Ceyrat	....	makeup artist
Elisabeth Henriette	....	assistant makeup artist
Charly Koubesserian	....	makeup artist
Fernando Mendes	....	hair stylist
Mario Messere	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Rémi Bergman	....	unit production manager
Arnaud Duléry	....	unit manager trainee
Jean-François Mallet	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pascal Guérin	....	second second assistant director
Simon Lelouch	....	assistant director
Daniel Ziskind	....	assistant director

Art Department
Pascal Aubin	....	first assistant set designer
Sandrine Douat	....	trainee set dresser
Pascal Morin	....	set dresser
Jean Poinot	....	construction manager
Laurent Tesseyre	....	set designer
Guy Vanderplaetsen	....	property master

Sound Department
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Patrick Egreteau	....	foley assistant
Jean Gargonne	....	sound editor
Harald Maury	....	sound
Laurent Roüan	....	assistant sound editor
Gérard Rousseau	....	sound mixer
Eric Tisserand	....	sound mixer
Jean-Noël Yven	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Dominique Colladant	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects

Stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Daniel Vérité	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Nicolas Juge	....	electrician
Gilbert Lecluyse	....	camera operator: second unit
Christophe Legal	....	first assistant camera
Olivier Rodriguez	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paulette Breil	....	costumer
Évelyne Corréard	....	costumer
Chantal Glasman	....	costumer
Dominic Lavaill	....	wardrobe manager
Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz	....	costumer assistant

Other crew
Christophe Arnaud	....	assistant location manager
Chantal Bégasse	....	production secretary
Sandrine Canaux	....	location manager
Laurence Couturier	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Les Films 13
• TF1

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Spain)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (USA) (subtitled)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Les misérables du vingtième siècle

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, brief language and sexuality.

Runtime:

175 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

The musical version of 'Les Misérables' opened at the Broadway Theater on March 12, 1987 and ran for 6680 performances, making it the third longest running show on Broadway.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene when Elise Ziman, André Ziman and the other escaping Jews are led to what they believe is the border of Switzerland and the Germans are waiting along the tree line for them. A close up of a German solder wearing a Wehrmacht (army) uniform is shown behind a machine gun. In reality the solders waiting for them would have been Waffen SS. During the war Wehrmacht Units did not have anything to do with rounding up and evacuation of the Jews. This was the job of the SS, SD, Polizei and Gestapo.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Les misérables" (2000)

Genius

This film is fantastic - I hope to find a DVD of it. My husband didn't fancy it but within 10 minutes was transfixed, and it's now one of his favourite films. It requires concentration because of the different story strands (and the fact that Jean-Paul Belmondo plays different characters in different stories) but the reward is great. It does capture the polarised human aspects of those who are selfless and help others at great danger to themselves, and those who exploit or betray others for their own gain. Truly unique.