"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
as
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
Johannes Knittel
as 'Le cabuc' (uncredited)
Waltraut Kramm
as Waitress (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lippert
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
Nico Turoff
as Chenildieu (uncredited)
Fabian Wander
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
Raymond Carl
Harold Conway
Yvonne Décade
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Allain Dhurtal
Jean Sylvère
Jacques Natteau
Director of Photography
Victor Hugo
Novel
Director
Georges Van Parys
Original Music Composer
Serge Piménoff
Production Design
Karl Schneider
Pierre Cabaud
Executive Producer
Writer
René Barjavel
André Hunebelle
Producer
René Bezard
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Paul Cadéac
Roberto Dandi
Co-Producer
Michel Audiard
Jacqueline Guyot
Adrien Remaugé
Luise Schmidt
Frédéric Junker
Louis Bonnemaison
Makeup Artist
Jules Chanteau
Yvonne Gasperina
Margarete Walther
Bernhard Kalisch
Lieselotte Johl
Editor
Emma Le Chanois
Erich Kühne
Production Manager
Richard Brandt
Production Director
Hubert Kübler
Sound Engineer
René-Christian Forget
Dagmar Bolin
Assistant Director
Max Friedmann
Michel Pezin
Serge Vallin
Alain Douarinou
Camera Operator
Henri Tiquet
Louis Duchesne