
210 minutes
3/12/1958
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Jean Gabin
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Bernard Blier
as Javert father / Javert son

Béatrice Altariba
as Cosette

Giani Esposito
as Marius de Pontmercy

Bourvil
as Thénardier

Silvia Monfort
as Éponine Thénardier

Danièle Delorme
as Fantine

Elfriede Florin
as La Thénardier

Serge Reggiani
as Enjolras

Fernand Ledoux
as Monsignor Bienvenu Myriel

Madeleine Barbulée
as Sister Simplice

Martine Havet
as Cosette at 8 years old

Lucien Baroux
as Monsieur Gillenormand

Julienne Paroli
as Madame Magloire

Jean Ozenne
as Prefect of Montreuil-sur-Mer
Isabelle Lobbe
as Azelma

Jimmy Urbain
as Gavroche

Gérard Darrieu
as Feuilly, revolutionary

Jacques Harden
as Courfeyrac

Marc Eyraud
as Grantaire, revolutionary

Pierre Tabard
as Prouvaire
Suzanne Nivette
as Mademoiselle Gillenormand

Jean Murat
as Colonel-Baron Georges Pontmercy

Gerhard Bienert
as President of the Arras court
René Fleur
as Cardinal

Henri Guégan
as Laigle, friend of the ABC
Luc Andrieux
as Henri, insurgent worker

Harry Hindemith
as Convict Cochepaille

Bernard Musson
as Bamatabois, bourgeois

Gabrielle Fontan
as Mother superior of the convent

Paul Villé
as Basque

Edmond Ardisson
as Gendarmerie brigadier

Christian Fourcade
as 'Petit-Pierre', little chimney sweep

Robert Bazil
as Commissioner

Louis Arbessier
as Police prefect

Laure Paillette
as Toussainte, servant of rue Plumet

Jean d'Yd
as Father Mabeuf

Émile Genevois
as Coachman of the omnibus

Jean Favre-Bertin
as 'The Death'

François Darbon
as Doctor

Jean Topart
as Narrator (voice)

Pierre Moncorbier

Mag-Avril
as Monsieur Madeleine's servant
Pierre Ferval
as Prison accountant

Julien Maffre
Jean Blancheur

Rodolphe Marcilly
as Bailiff

Jacques Marin
as Monsieur Madeleine's secretary

Henri Coutet
as Carter

Raymonde Vattier
as Bourgeois woman

Palmyre Levasseur
as Sister Perpétue

Paul Bonifas
as Hospital doctor

André Dalibert
as Peasant with the horse in Montfermeil

Marcel Rouzé

André Wasley

Édouard Francomme
as Town hall secretary

Franck Maurice
as Man from the gang

Georges Atlas

Christoph Beyertt
as Bahorel
Hans Ulrich Laufer
as Combeferre

Arlette Mirapeu
Roger Pelletier

Trude Brentina
as Bourgeois woman (uncredited)

Horst Buder
as Ernast (uncredited)

Werner Dissel
as Brevet (uncredited)
Gerhard Einert
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Hans Finohr
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Johannes Knittel
as 'Le cabuc' (uncredited)

Waltraut Kramm
as Waitress (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lippert
as Revolutionary (uncredited)

Rolf Moebius
as General advocate (uncredited)

Kurt Mühlhardt
as Assessor (uncredited)

Erich Nadler
as Beggar (uncredited)
Klara Reschke
as Baptist (uncredited)

Karl Schnog
as Bourgeois (uncredited)
Werner Segtrop
as Defender in court (uncredited)
Elisabeth Süssenguth
as Baptist (uncredited)

Nico Turoff
as Chenildieu (uncredited)
Fabian Wander
as Revolutionary (uncredited)

Max Doria
as Doorman (uncredited)

Christian Lude
as Commissioner of Val-de-Grâce (uncredited)

Paul Faivre
as Gillenormand's coachman (uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys
as Release attendant (uncredited)

Robert Porte
as Paget (uncredited)
Fredy Barten
as (uncredited)

Christian Brocard
as (uncredited)
Raymond Carl
as (uncredited)

Harold Conway
as (uncredited)
Yvonne Décade
as (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois
as (uncredited)

Allain Dhurtal
as (uncredited)

Jean Sylvère
as (uncredited)