Die Elenden

Die Elenden (1917)

Les Misérables

Ein entflohener Sträfling arbeitet sich wieder empor, bis ihn die Nachstellungen des seinerzeit mit seinem Falle betraut gewesenen Polizeichef abermals zur Flucht zwingen. Als Letzterer später in seine Macht gelangt, schenkt er ihm die Freiheit, während der Polizeibeamte aus Dank hiefür von seiner weiteren Verfolgung absieht.

Erscheinungsdatum
1917-12-03
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 40 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Frank Lloyd

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Basiert auf: Die Elenden

Les Misérables is one of many filmed versions of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It is a 1917 American silent film directed by Frank Lloyd, co-written by Lloyd and Marc Robbins, and produced by William Fox, released on December 3, 1917. It starred William Farnum, Hardee Kirkland, and George Moss.

Background and production

Even by the time this film was created in 1917, there had already been "at least a dozen" film adaptations of this Victor Hugo novel. Only a portion of the novel was included in the screenplay, but it included some of "the most famous" events, such as the story of the Bishop who gave Valjean his silver candlesticks in order to start a new life, and the street rebellion that was part of the June 1832 Rebellion.

William Farnum was "Fox's biggest male box-office attraction" when the movie was made, and had previously appeared in Lloyd's 1917 film adaptation of the 1859 Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities.

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