Overview
In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
DirectorClaude Lelouch
ProducersClaude Lelouch
WritersClaude Lelouch
Top Casts
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean
Michel Boujenah
André Ziman
Alessandra Martines
Elise Ziman
Salomé Lelouch
La fille Ziman
Annie Girardot
Thénardière 1942
Philippe Léotard
Thénardier 1942
Philippe Khorsand
Le policier / Javert
Ticky Holgado
Le gentil voyou / Kind Hoodlum
Rufus
Thénardier 1830 / 1990
Nicole Croisille
Thénardière 1830 / 1990
Details
LanguageFrench
Production companiesTF1, Les Films 13, Canal+
TaglineIn 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.
