Les Misérables is a 1925 French silent drama film directed by Henri Fescourt, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
Although Cinéromans wanted the adaptation to be a single feature film, Fescourt successfully argued for it to be released in four feature-length parts.
[13][5] The American premiere took place in the Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia to an invite-only audience on 24th June 1926, followed by a similar showing in Washington, D.C. the following day.
[13] An abridged version from Universal was released on Broadway in August 1927 at the Central Theatre with music by Hugo Riesenfeld.
They restored the film from negatives at the CNC and the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, and also used a reel of intertitles and scripts containing Fescourt's annotations.