Les miserables [videorecording] : miniseries.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID1891 | Umbrella EntertainmentPublication details: [Northcote, Vic.] : Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], c2010Description: 1 DVD-video (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Miserables -- Film and video adaptations | Television mini-series | Fugitives from justice -- France -- 19th century -- DramaProduction credits: Directed by Josee Dayan.Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, John Malkovich.Summary: "Set against the background of early 19th century France, this is the story of Jean Valjean. Valjean lives a life on the run after a prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread. Settling in a remote town, Valjean transforms himself into Monsieur Madeleine, a wealthy and respected businessman. He devotes himself to the care of the poor, including the beautiful Fantine, one of his workers, an unmarried mother who tragically dies of tuberculosis. The well-intentioned Valjean frees Fantine's daughter Cosette from the clutches of her insidious foster parents, and looks after her like a father. After revelations about Valjean's past come to the surface, they escape together for Paris. However they are haunted by Javert, a policeman whose lifelong search for Valjean has become an obsession and the streets of Paris during the revolutionary uprising of 1832 set the stage for an eventful, passionate climax"--Container.
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Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
Originally broadcast in 2000.
"DAVID1891."
Directed by Josee Dayan.
Censorship classification: PG.
DVD ; All regions.
In English.
"Set against the background of early 19th century France, this is the story of Jean Valjean. Valjean lives a life on the run after a prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread. Settling in a remote town, Valjean transforms himself into Monsieur Madeleine, a wealthy and respected businessman. He devotes himself to the care of the poor, including the beautiful Fantine, one of his workers, an unmarried mother who tragically dies of tuberculosis. The well-intentioned Valjean frees Fantine's daughter Cosette from the clutches of her insidious foster parents, and looks after her like a father. After revelations about Valjean's past come to the surface, they escape together for Paris. However they are haunted by Javert, a policeman whose lifelong search for Valjean has become an obsession and the streets of Paris during the revolutionary uprising of 1832 set the stage for an eventful, passionate climax"--Container.
Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, John Malkovich.
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