Les Miserables

After he's lifted a statue in the opening scene, convict Valjean (Harry Baur) is pardoned by disinterested guard Javert (Charles Vanel), early in director Raymond Bernard's definitive, five-hour version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, 1934.

When a passer-by is stuck under a cart, citizens of Montreiul are not so surprised when their mayor, whom they call M. Madeleine (Harry Baur) saves the day, even as he's recognized by inspector Javert (Charles Vanel), in director Raymond Bernard's 1934 version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

French director Raymond Bernard's rendering of the famous scene from Victor Hugo, as Bishop Myriel (Henry Krauss) alibis his guilty, now arrested, ex-convict guest Valjean (Harry Baur), in the first segment of the 1934 production of Les Miserables.

Departing for the first time from the story of the protagonist Valjean, director Raymond Bernard introduces Fantine (the French actress Florelle), herself pursued by Felix (Roland Amontel)in Paris, 1815, in the acclaimed 1934 production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.