Les Misérables (1909 film)
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Genre Short, Drama, History Duration | 6.8/10 IMDb Director J. Stuart Blackton Adapted from Les Miserables Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language SilentEnglish intertitles Release date September 4, 1909 (1909-09-04) Based on Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Similar movies Victor Hugo wrote the story for Les Miserables and Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Les Misérables is a 1909 American silent historical drama proto-feature film (four short films that can be seen separately, but when combined appear as a short film series resembling that of a full-length feature film). The proto-feature movie is based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, and stars Maurice Costello and William V. Ranous. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
Contents
Distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America, the film consists of four reels. The reels were released over the course of three months, from September 4 to November 27, 1909.
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Plot
The film relates the lives of the French people during 20 years in the 19th century. The story focuses on Jean Valjean (Costello), an honest man who is running from an obsessive police inspector chasing him for an insignificant offense. Valjean escapes being incarcerated.