Les Misérables (1948 film)
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Les Miserables (Italian: I miserabili) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is based on the Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and stars Gino Cervi as Jean Valjean, Valentina Cortese as Fantine and Cosette, and Hans Hinrich as Javert. After the financial success of Freda's previous film The Black Eagle, Freda worked a deal with Lux Film and began developing an adaptation of Les Misérables with Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Stefano Vanzina. The film was shot entirely in Rome.
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Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
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Based on | Les Misérables 1862 novel by Victor Hugo |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti[1] |
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Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi[1] |
Edited by | Otello Colangeli[1] |
Music by | Alessandro Cicongini[1] |
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Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 178 minutes |
Country | Italy[1] |
Language | Italian |
Freda's version of the film ran for over three hours in length and was released as two separate films in Italy one week from another in January 1948. The film became the highest-grossing Italian film production of the year.