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• Actors: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, René Fleur, Julienne Paroli, Fernand Ledoux
• Directors: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
• Writers: Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Michel Audiard, René Barjavel, Victor Hugo
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Bridgestone Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: November 19, 1997
• Run Time: 210 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 156371440X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,908 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one and only Jean Valjean, May 11, 2000

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Khazar Warrior "leograd" (Place so nice, they named it twice) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Les Miserables [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the movie for the first time when I was 10. I am not of the French background. I fell in love with the mistique of France. Partly it happened because of the inspiring characters created by Jean Gabin and other gaints of the Hexagon. A discovery for everyone who thinks about G-d, destiny, duty, revolution. To my opinion, that is the only version that wouldn't have made Victor Hugo livid had he seen it. Jean Gabin will always remain the only "authorized", canonic Jean Valjean. All other musicals and shows, no matter how flamboyant and and new agy, are lacking that "since 1815" cognac-like nobility that Jean Gabin embodies so well.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Les Miserables (1957) Jean Gabin is Jean Valjean, April 17, 2000

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Rose B. Wallinger "roselini" (CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Les Miserables [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this movie when it came out, and I also saw most of the other "Les Miserables" as they came out..this one is simply the best (Victor Hugo must have turned in his grave at some of the newer versions) One disappointment for me especially, why do you not offer this classic in the original French version? Gabin was one of the best French actors in this century and his gravelly voice is unique and especially missed in this movie.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Les Miserables à la Dickens, November 19, 2004

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Rosemarie Rauzino-Heller "Arts connoisseur" (D.C. area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Les Miserables (DVD)

This film was disappointing, particularly in the awful dubbing. The voices bear no resemblance to the stars' actual voices and I was shocked to find that it was not in French with subtitles. No, it did not say that it was, but I guess I assumed it would be, not being a really well-known foreign film. The Javert doesn't hold a candle to Charles Laughton's evil portrayal; this guy just looks like a dithery older man who somehow got into a bad situation. The Cosette also seems like an airhead. Though the story can hold it's own through almost any treatment, the dubbing was the biggest problem. It did, however, point up the Dickensian situations and characters.