Movie
1995
Les Misérables is a 1995 French war film written, produced and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during the first half of the 20th century, the film concerns a poor and illiterate man named Henri Fortin who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic 1862 novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels to his own life. The film won the 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Few works of literature had left such a great impact on world film makers as Victor Hugo's novel *Les Misérables* did. The 1862 French classic, these days best known as the basis for successful theatre musical, was adapted to screen countless times in many countries. So, any film maker who wants to tackle this material must do it in a new and original way. Famous French director Claude Lelouch did just that in his s…More
