Les Miserables, 1934 (Grade B+)

Director: Raymond Bernard
FRENCH CLASSIC -- 5 hours / B&W
Starring:  Harry Baur; Charles Vanel; Paul Azais; Max Dearly; Charles Dullin; Emile Genevois; Harry Krauss; George Mauloy; Lucien Nat; Jean Servais; Robert Vidalin; Orane Demazis; Florelle; Josseline Gael; Margueite Moreno

sez says --this is the best version of Le Miserables that we have found so far. It is long--but it doesn't wear on you.  It is well acted--and exquisitely filmed.  Really impressive --from a film-making perspective, most impressive are the fight and battle scenes that take place in the last 1/3 of the story. And the escape through the sewer is amazingly realistic.  Baur is a perfect Jean Valjean.