Plot
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Trailer
Cast
Jean Gabin
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Bernard Blier
Javert father / Javert son
Béatrice Altariba
Cosette
Giani Esposito
Marius de Pontmercy
Bourvil
Thénardier
Silvia Monfort
Éponine Thénardier
Danièle Delorme
Fantine
Elfriede Florin
La Thénardier
Serge Reggiani
Enjolras
Fernand Ledoux
Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel
Madeleine Barbulée
Sister Simplice
Martine Havet
Cosette at 8 years old
Lucien Baroux
Monsieur Gillenormand
Julienne Paroli
Madame Magloire
Jean Ozenne
Prefect of Montreuil-sur-Mer
Isabelle Lobbe
Azelma
Jimmy Urbain
Gavroche
Gérard Darrieu
Feuilly, revolutionary
Jacques Harden
Courfeyrac
Marc Eyraud
Grantaire, revolutionary
Pierre Tabard
Prouvaire
Suzanne Nivette
Mademoiselle Gillenormand
Jean Murat
Colonel-Baron Georges Pontmercy
Gerhard Bienert
President of the Arras court
René Fleur
Cardinal
Henri Guégan
Laigle, friend of the ABC
Luc Andrieux
Henri, insurgent worker
Harry Hindemith
Convict Cochepaille
Bernard Musson
Bamatabois, bourgeois
Gabrielle Fontan
Mother superior of the convent
Paul Villé
Basque
Edmond Ardisson
Gendarmerie brigadier
Christian Fourcade
'Petit-Pierre', little chimney sweep
Robert Bazil
Commissioner
Louis Arbessier
Police prefect
Laure Paillette
Toussainte, servant of rue Plumet
Jean d'Yd
Father Mabeuf
Émile Genevois
Coachman of the omnibus
Jean Favre-Bertin
'The Death'
François Darbon
Doctor
Jean Topart
Narrator (voice)
Pierre Moncorbier
Mag-Avril
Monsieur Madeleine's servant
Pierre Ferval
Prison accountant
Julien Maffre
Jean Blancheur
Rodolphe Marcilly
Bailiff
Jacques Marin
Monsieur Madeleine's secretary
Henri Coutet
Carter
Raymonde Vattier
Bourgeois woman
Palmyre Levasseur
Sister Perpétue
Paul Bonifas
Hospital doctor
André Dalibert
Peasant with the horse in Montfermeil
Marcel Rouzé
André Wasley
Édouard Francomme
Town hall secretary
Franck Maurice
Man from the gang
Georges Atlas
Christoph Beyertt
Bahorel
Hans Ulrich Laufer
Combeferre
Arlette Mirapeu
Roger Pelletier
Trude Brentina
Bourgeois woman (uncredited)
Horst Buder
Ernast (uncredited)
Werner Dissel
Brevet (uncredited)
Gerhard Einert
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Hans Finohr
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Johannes Knittel
'Le cabuc' (uncredited)
Waltraut Kramm
Waitress (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lippert
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Rolf Moebius
General advocate (uncredited)
Kurt Mühlhardt
Assessor (uncredited)
Erich Nadler
Beggar (uncredited)
Klara Reschke
Baptist (uncredited)
Karl Schnog
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Werner Segtrop
Defender in court (uncredited)
Elisabeth Süssenguth
Baptist (uncredited)
Nico Turoff
Chenildieu (uncredited)
Fabian Wander
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Max Doria
Doorman (uncredited)
Christian Lude
Commissioner of Val-de-Grâce (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
Gillenormand's coachman (uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys
Release attendant (uncredited)
Robert Porte
Paget (uncredited)
Fredy Barten
(uncredited)
Christian Brocard
(uncredited)
Raymond Carl
(uncredited)
Harold Conway
(uncredited)
Yvonne Décade
(uncredited)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
(uncredited)
Allain Dhurtal
(uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
(uncredited)
