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Les Misérables DVD 2000 Victor Hugo - A Nyomorultak / Directed by Josée Dayan / Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich, Virginie Ledoyen / The Miserables French TV mini series / 2 DVD special edition
UPC 5999546331691
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN HUNGARY
AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, French 2.0
SUBTITLES: Hungarian
Total Runtime: 400 minutes (2 DISCS)
DISC 1: Les Misérables part I & II
DISC 2: Les Misérables part III & IV
Extras: Interviews with actors and creators, Alternate ending
English Summary:
Les Misérables is a 2000 French television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The miniseries was broadcast in four parts. A three-hour English version was also released. This version is very true to Victor Hugo's novel. It maintains the setting, time period and covers the full arc of the story.
Episodes
| No. | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Josée Dayan | Didier Decoin | September 4, 2000 | |
| Jean Valjean is released from prison on parole and finds life unbearable until Monseigneur Bienvenu covers his theft of silver and gives him two silver candle sticks. Valjean breaks his parole and makes a new life as a business man and ends up being elected Mayor. His life is busy and he is unaware that Fantine a young woman who worked in his factory, has been fired and her difficult life as an unwed mother has gotten even worse. When it does come to his attention it is too late for Fantine, but he vows to care for her daughter. | |||||
| 2 | Episode 2 | Josée Dayan | Didier Decoin | September 11, 2000 | |
| The Thénardiers abuse Fantine's daughter Cosette and treat her like a servant. Valjean bargains with them for Cosette and they leave after he has paid for her. Valjean takes her to Paris to live in a convent where he takes on the role of the assistant gardener. They remain safely hidden until her schooling is finished. Valjean finds a residence in Paris, but before too long, runs into Thénardier and Javert, the inspector who has hunted him for years for breaking his parole. | |||||
| 3 | Episode 3 | Josée Dayan | Didier Decoin | September 18, 2000 | |
| The events of their lives are drawn into a student uprising. Cosette meets and falls for a young student, Marius. Valjean fears for their safety and his freedom and decides to leave Paris and head for England, but that is the night that the student take up arms. Marius and the other students face a city unwilling to help and soon realize their cause will die with them. After intercepting a message to Cosette from Marius, Valjean joins the students and rescues Marius when he is injured. Javert intercepts them, but lets them go, committing suicide shortly after. | |||||
| 4 | Episode 4 | Josée Dayan | Didier Decoin | September 25, 2000 | |
| As Marius and Cosette prepare for their wedding, Valjean tells Marius of his past and that he must leave. Marius does not stop him. Now alone, Valjean's health quickly deteriorates. But at the wedding, Thénardier shows up and tries sell Marius dirt on Valjean. Thénardier is convinced that Valjean killed a man the night the barricades fell, but the trinket he shows Marius belonged to Marius himself and he realizes that it was Valjean who rescued him. He and Cosette race to find Valjean, but by this time he is on his death bed. They arrive just in time to say their farewells. (The events of this part of the story are often omitted from theatrical versions of the story such as the 1935, 1952, and 1998 films.) | |||||
French Summary:
Les Misérables est une mini-série en coproduction française-italienne-allemande-américaine-espagnole-japonaise-canadienne en 4 épisodes de 90 minutes, réalisée par Josée Dayan et écrite par Didier Decoin d'après l'œuvre éponyme de Victor Hugo et diffusée en première diffusion à partir du 4 septembre 2000 sur TF1.
L'action se déroule en France au début du XIXe siècle, délimitée par les deux grands combats que sont la Bataille de Waterloo (1815) et les émeutes de juin 1832. On y suit la vie de Jean Valjean, du retour du bagne jusqu’à sa mort. Autour de lui gravitent de nombreux personnages, témoins de la misère de ce siècle, misérables eux-mêmes ou proches de la misère. Certains ont connu des périodes de prospérité, de bonheur. Jean Valjean prend l'identité d’un monsieur Madeleine, il fait fortune en utilisant l’ortie pour faire du textile, il crée une usine de tissage à Montreuil et fait bénéficier la ville de sa fortune. Fantine est heureuse, elle aime Félix dont elle a une fille Cosette, et doit l'épouser. Elle travaille à l’usine de monsieur Madeleine. Mais Félix l'abandonne, elle est renvoyée de l’usine et doit confier sa fille aux Thénardier qui l'exploitent. Cosette est sauvée de chez les Thénardier par Jean Valjean ; elle connaîtra le bonheur et la prospérité. Marius est issu d’une famille noble et aisée, mais il sera chassé de cette famille, tombera amoureux de Cosette. Apres les émeutes de 1832, il sera sauvé par Jean Valjean et recueilli à nouveau dans sa famille, épousera Cosette et ils connaîtront bonheur et prospérité. Les Thénardier (et leurs enfants Éponine et Gavroche) ont une auberge prospère, mais ils sont sans scrupule, n'hésitèrent pas à soutirer de l'argent à Fantine qui est pauvre, soi-disant pour prendre soin de Cosette, utilisent la pitié ou la violence pour prendre de l'argent aux riches. Les Thénardier devenus pauvres participeront aux émeutes de 1832, Gavroche en sera le symbole. Le représentant de la loi Javert était sûr d’avoir trouvé sa voie dans la police, mais confronté à tous ces événements il ne sait plus où est le bien et le mal et se suicidera.
Hungarian Summary:
Jean Valjean-nak életútja során a pokoli szenvedéstől a mennyei boldogságig mindenből kijut. A börtöntől a kolostorig, a palotától a barikádokig mindenhol megfordul. Aljas kígyókkal, esendő emberekkel és földre szállt angyalokkal egyaránt dolga akad. Ő azonban mindig, bármilyen körülmények között is becsületes ember tud maradni. Hiába jár nyomában kopóként Javert, a szigorú erkölcsű rendőrnyomozó, akinek meggyőződése, hogy egy volt bűnöző nem javulhat meg soha. Ő is belátja végül, hogy elvei tévesek: Valjean olyan ember, akinek patyolat tiszta a lelke.
Cast / Distribution / Szereplők:
- Gérard Depardieu as Jean Valjean
- Christian Clavier as Thénardier
- John Malkovich as Javert
- Virginie Ledoyen as CosetteEnrico Lo Verso as Marius Pontmercy
- Léopoldine Serre as Cosette enfant
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Fantine
- Asia Argento as Éponine ThénardierVeronica Ferres as Madame Thénardier
- Julia Portoghese as Éponine (age 9–11)
- Jeanne Moreau as Mère Innocente
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Soeur Simplice
- Vadim Glowna as Fauchelevent
- Steffen Wink as Enjolras
- Jérôme Hardelay as Gavroche
- Michel Duchaussoy as Gillenormand
- Otto Sander as Monseigneur Bienvenu
- Christopher Thompson as Courfeyrac
- Franck Tordjman as Prouvaire
- Jérome Rebbot as Bahorel
- David Podracky as Grantaire
- François Hadji-Lazaro as Toussaint
- Sophie Milleron as Azelma Thénardier
- Maxime Leroux as Champmathieu
- François Négret as Claquesous
- Dominique Besnehard as Gueulemer
- Yves Penay as Babet
- Stephan Midaven as Montparnasse
- Patrick Bordier as Brujon
- Artus de Penguern as Chabouillet
- Dominique Zardi as Cochepaille
- Patrick Lambert as Chenildieu
- Vincent Schmitt as Bamatabois
- Enguerran Demeulenaere as Petit Gervais
- Denis Podalydès as Scaufflaire
- Babsie Steger as Fantine's friend
| Written by | Didier Decoin |
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| Directed by | Josée Dayan |
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| Composer(s) | Jean-Claude Petit |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Cinematography | Willy Stassen |
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| Running time | 400 minutes |
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