Les Misérables (1934) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1934 · 281 mins · French

Directed by

Raymond Bernard

Starring

Jean Servais, Charles Vanel, Maurice Schutz, Émile Genevois, Orane Demazis, Henry Krauss

Set in 19th-century France, former convict Jean Valjean—imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread—must constantly evade the dogged Inspector Javert. Their relentless cat‑and‑mouse chase consumes both men, drawing Valjean into the heart of the student uprisings that erupt across the nation, where personal redemption clashes with the fervor of revolutionary unrest.