Project Detail

Les Misérables

Synopsis

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.

Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Features
Running time
158 minutes
Format
35 mm
Director
Tom Hooper
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Cameron Mackintosh, Debra Hayward
Executive Producer
Nicholas Allott, Liza Chasin, Angela Morrison, Thomas Schönberg, F.Richard Pappas
Editor
Chris Dickens, Melanie Oliver
Screenwriter
William Nicholson, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
Director of Photography
Danny Cohen
Production Designer
Eve Stewart
Sound
Dominic Gibbs
Composer
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Principal cast
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3000

Sales Company

Universal Pictures International

Prospect House, 80-110 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1HB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7079 6000

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