Les Misérables review – Philip French on the best screen version of Victor Hugo’s seminal thriller

Edit The Guardian 25 Jan 2015
(Raymond Bernard, 1934; Eureka!, PG). ‘A formidable presence’. Harry Baur as Valjean in Raymond Bernard’s Les Misérables. Philip French ... The great Harry Baur brings a formidable presence to Valjean, managing superbly the transformation from grizzled old lag to kindly imposing haut-bourgeois businessman, and Charles Vanel, whose career lasted more than 70 years, found a moving vein of misplaced probity in the remorseless Javert ... Topics ... ....

Blu-ray Review: 'Les Misérables'

Edit IMDb 10 Dec 2014
The narrative of this French classic unfolds in an effortless manner moving from Jean Valjean’s (Harry Baur) release from prison and the orphan ......
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