Drama /

Score: 72%( 106 votes )

Overview: 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.

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)