Les Miserables

Victor Hugo’s classic story of an escaped convict, Jean Valjean (Frederic March) and the detective, Inspector Javert (Charles Laughton) who trails him for a lifetime. A remarkably exciting and moving film. Co-starring Cedric Hardwicke.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

director

Richard Boleslawski

Duration

01:50:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1935

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324072

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → French literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q259574

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/80032--les-miserables/ |title=Les Miserables |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=30 September 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1935

Please note