MARCOVALDO: OR THE SEASONS IN THE CITY

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• Release Year: 1958
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Fully restored in HD – An epic in the tradition of Doctor Zhivago and Ryan’s Daughter – Sill considered as greatest film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Miserables. Jean Valjean (Jean Gabin) is paroled after serving 19 year term in a hard labor prison for stealing some bread. After spending a night in a missionary, he tries to steal some silverware, but he is set straight by a kindly bishop (Fernand Ledoux) who protects his from the police and gives him a set of expensive candlesticks and makes him promise that he has to become a new man that day. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and a mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine (Daniele Delorme), a single mother turned prostitute and risks everything when he comes to her aid, after she’s nearly arrested by police officer Javert (Bernard Blier) – Javert previously served as a guard at the prison Valjean was held in and becomes suspicious that the mayor and Valjean are the same person. The all-star cast includes legendary character actors Bourvil and Serge Reggiani. Directed by Jean-Louis Le Chabois.
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, René Fleur, Julienne Paroli, Fernand Ledoux, Edmond Ardisson, Christian Fourcade, Jean Ozenne, Bernard Musson, Danièle Delorme, Elfriede Florin, Bourvil, Madeleine Barbulée, Gerhard Bienert, Harry Hindemith, Robert Bazil, Gabrielle Fontan, Martine Havet, Jean Murat, Béatrice Altariba, Giani Esposito, Paul Villé, Lucien Baroux, Suzanne Nivette, Silvia Monfort, Isabelle Lobbe, Jimmy Urbain, Gérard Darrieu, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Tabard, Jacques Harden, Laufer, Marc Eyraud, Beyert, Luc Andrieux, Henri Guégan, Louis Arbessier, Laure Paillette, Jean d'Yd, Émile Genevois, Favre Bertin, François Darbon, Jean Topart, Pierre Moncorbier, Mag-Avril, Jean Blancheur, Rodolphe Marcilly, Jacques Marin, Henri Coutet, André Dalibert, Marcel Rouzé, Édouard Francomme, Frank Morris, Georges Atlas, Christoph Beyertt, Werner Dissel, Rolf Möbius, Werner Segtrop, Nico Turoff, Fabian Wander, Harold Conway, Yvonne Décade, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Michel Audiard, René Barjavel, Victor Hugo
• Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
• Runtime: 3:08
• Company: Olive Films
• Media Format: Movie