Les Miserables

(1998)

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Synopsis

Not the musical, but rather a handsome dramatic adaptation of Hugo's 1862 classic with Liam Neeson as the ex-con hounded by a relentless police inspector (Geoffrey Rush). Filmed in Prague and Paris; directed by Bille August (“Smilla's Sense of Snow”). Fantine: Uma Thurman. Cosette: Claire Danes. Marius: Hans Matheson. Bishop: Peter Vaughan. Capt. Beauvais: Reine Brynolfsson. Cosette (age 8): Mimi Newman.

Directors

Bille August, Peter Grant, Caroline Hewitt, Gareth Milne, Sarah Radclyffe, Caroline Hewitt, Basil Poledouris, Ross Adams, Jonathan Bates, Paul Conway

Production year

1998

Rating

PG-13

Studio

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

Runtime

134 minutes

Cast

Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson