Les Misérables
(1925) French
B&W : 32 reels
Directed by Henri Fescourt

Cast: Gabriel Gabrio [Jean Valjean], Paul Jorge [Monsigneur Myriel], Sandra Milowanoff [Fantine/Cosette], Jean Toulout [Javert], François Rozet [Marius], Andrée Rolane [Cosette, as a child], Paul Guidé, Charles Badiole, Luc Dartagnan, Georges Saillard, Renée Carl, Victor Dujeu, Marcelle Barry, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Claire Darcey-Roche, Henri Maillard, Nivette Saillard, [?] ? Brevet, [?] ? Chenildieu, [?] Cochepaille

Cinéromans Filmes de France production; distributed by Pathé Consortium. / Produced by Louis Nalpas, Jean Sapene and Henri Fescourt. Scenario by Arthur Bernède and Henri Fescourt, from the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Art direction by Louis Nalpas. Set design by Madame Castiaux. Maquettes by Quenu. Assistant director René Barberis. Cinematography by Raoul Aubourdier, Léon Donnot, Karemine Merobian and Georges Lafont. Edited by Jean-Louis Bouquet. / French premiere 25 [?] November or December? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was originally released in four parts; one part released each week. The British premiere was in April 1926. Website-IMDb notes that a 15-reel version premiered in New York, New York, on 8 July 1926. The film was released in the USA on 22 August 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation in two lengths (one or both USA editions were edited by Paul Gulick): one print ran eleven reels, another was cut to 7713 feet.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Authors: Victor Hugo - Children - France - French

Listing updated: 14 November 2004.

References: Bardèche-History p. 226; Bohn-Light pp. 159, 161; Shipman-Cinema p. 89; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 218 : ClasIm-220 p. 44; ClasIm-224 p. 26; ClasIm-226 pp. 22, 24, 26, 28 : Website-IMDb.