Les Misérables
Les Misérables
1862 novel
by Victor Hugo
- September 4, 1909
4 reels
United States
Silent
English intertitles
Plot[edit]
The film relates the lives of the French people during 20 years in the 19th century. The story focuses on Jean Valjean (Costello), an honest man who is running from an obsessive police inspector chasing him for an insignificant offense. Valjean escapes being incarcerated.