2012 2h 38m Tom Hooper

Les Misérables

Name: Les Misérables
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2012
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway

★ 7.5 IMDb

Drama History Romance

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set 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.

Writers Herbert Kretzmer, Claude-Michel Schönberg, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil

Cast Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway

DP Danny Cohen

Production Designer Eve Stewart

Music Claude-Michel Schönberg

Essays and Criticism

In conversation with other films

What is the 21st Century?: Hear This, It's Real by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, MUBI Notebook

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture