Les Miserables Page #6

Synopsis: After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of t
Director(s): Lewis Milestone
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
6.9
APPROVED
Year:
1952
105 min
185 Views


The sisters will care for her

for the sake of Monsieur Madeleine.

Tell her-Tell her

I'll always be close to her.

Tell her to keep these for me.

Tell her they're very dear to me.

- I'll go through the back and down the river.

- In the name of heaven-

Rest assured,

I'll do nothing foolish.

Stay where you are.!

Search every room.

You're a little late, Inspector.

Oh, you think so?

For the police, it is never too late.

If he's escaped us tonight,

then what of tomorrow?

Or next week?

Or next year?

We are patient men, Robert...

and there is no escape.

[ Bells Pealing ]

[ Women Singing Hymn ]

- Mother Marie?

- Well?

I thought possibly-

Cosette's examination, did she-

I- I declare!

Every year it's the same.

''Did she pass? Did she pass?''

You'd think you were taking

the examination yourself.

Yes. You know the rules

as well as we do.

No marks can be discussed

till they're posted.

- You'll know soon enough anyway.

- Very sorry, Mother Marie.

She did very well.

The petunias-

Will we have some soon?

Very soon, Mother Marie.

[ Chattering, Laughing ]

Oh, I'm so excited.

I'll see you later, Mary.

Father!

Oh, Father, I passed!

Mother Marie said

my examination paper was excellent.

Of course. I knew you wouldn't

have any trouble with it.

You always say that.

But- But literature's next...

and, oh, I'll never get through it.

Shakespeare. I don't

understand a word of him.

- You'll be all right.

- If I only knew what passage they'd ask.

Father, come and see if I

know this one, will you?

Here. Romeo's speech

at the bottom of the page.

''O, she doth teach

the torches to burn bright.

''Her beauty hangs

upon the cheek of night...

''like- like a rich jewel

in an Ethiop's ear.

''Beauty too rich for use...

''for earth too dear.

''So shows the snowy dove

trooping with crows...

''as yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.

''The measure done,

I'll watch her place of stand...

''and, touching hers...

''make blessed my rude hand.

''Did my heart love till now?

Foreswear it sight.

For''-

Father?

''For I ne'er saw true beauty

till this night.''

''Till this night.''

Now, who would ever say

anything like that?

I know nothing of Shakespeare...

but seems to me he must have meant this

when he wrote it.

You always say the right thing.

Father, don't you ever get tired

of hearing the silly things I say...

or of working here

and waiting for me?

Child, I'm the happiest man

in the world.

- [ Bell Tolling ]

- Oh, I'll be late.

Father, say a prayer for me.

[ Bell Continues Tolling ]

[ Hoofbeats Approaching ]

[ Gunfire ]

[ Men Shouting ]

[ Gunfire Continues ]

- What have you done?

- How do I get out of here?

- What have you done?

- Spoken the truth.

- I said the king was a fat pig!

- Shh!

It's true. Even today he has silenced the press,

dissolved the Chamber of Deputies.

You keep talking, they'll come swarming

over that wall like hornets. Follow me.

- Where are we going?

- Keep quiet and follow me.

You'll be safe here

unless they search the grounds.

Now, what happened?

We held a meeting in the woods yonder

to protest the king's actions.

The police charged us on horseback.

But there is one with a broken head

who regrets this saber slash.

Were the king's actions worth that cut?

Were they worth it?

Are you insane, man?

You are not 1 0 kilometers

from Paris...

and you don't know the whole city

is in revolt against this monster?

I'm just a gardener living

in this humble cottage.

I'm ignorant of these matters.

You've given me shelter.

Your pardon, sir.

My name is Marius.

Baron Pontmercy.

A royalist

speaking against the king?

My father was knighted in the field at Austerlitz

by the emperor Napoleon.

And were he alive today,

he would be the first to the barricades to defy-

Yes, I understand.

Perhaps I'd better see if your friends

with the sabers have given up the chase.

Help yourself.

And I suggest you stay concealed.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Girls Giggling ]

- Maybe I'd better not-

- Oh, nonsense. Come on! [ Gasps ]

Oh, I- I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to frighten you,

mademoiselle.

I'm- I'm not frightened.

What are you doing here?

Your gardener

most kindly gave me shelter.

- Father?

- He's your father?

Well, he's not really my father.

My- My guardian.

You're hurt.

No, it's just a saber cut.

It's not deep.

Well, it should be cleaned.

Sit down.

- I assure you, mademoiselle-

- Sit down!

Mademoiselle, the door.

Raise your head.

- Do they train you for nursing here?

- It's one of our studies.

You are my first patient.

- [ Groans ]

- Oh, I'm sorry.

I'll try not to hurt.

You're remarkably gentle,

mademoiselle.

- Cosette.

- Cosette.

[ Approaching Hoofbeats ]

- Search within those walls!

- But that's a convent, sir.

- Get permission and search the grounds.

- All right.

There.

That's healed already.

I don't know how to thank you,

Mademoiselle Cosette.

- It was nothing, I assure you.

- Oh, but it was.

I consider it a debt of honor.

Today I'm somewhat pressed for time.

Tell me, would it be possible

for me to see you again?

Well, I-

On Sunday the sisters

take us for a long walk in the woods.

And if a gentleman

should be walking the same way...

there's nothing they could say?

I'm passionately devoted

to trees and flowers.

Cosette has just tended my wound

like a ministering angel, sir.

Cosette? Unless you wish to receive more

of them, I suggest you leave immediately.

The police are even now

preparing to search the convent.

The lane at the back is clear,

and there are fields beyond.

Many thanks.

Until Sunday, Cosette.

Wasn't he charming, Father?

- I didn't notice.

- And a baron. Isn't that exciting?

Why, sometimes he doesn't

even get enough to eat.

- He doesn't, eh?

- No.

He studies law at the university.

He'll be walking in the woods

next Sunday.

- Next Sunday?

- And he says such terrible things against the king.

Yes, I heard.

So did the police.

I'm sorry, Cosette. We'll no longer be here

next Sunday. We're leaving.

- Leaving?

- Your education is completed, child.

There's no longer any excuse to stay.

I'll write to Robert.

He'll meet us in Paris.

Paris? Oh, Father!

- To stay? Will we live there?

- I think so.

It should be big enough for us not

to be noticed. Would you like that?

Oh, like it?

I must tell Cicely.

Or should I?

It might be better if you don't.

Of course.

[ Knocking ]

- Citizen Cosette.

- Citizen Gavroche.

I have a message, citizen.

''Dear Cosette''-

- He will meet you at the fountain.

- Thank you, citizen.

For you, citizen, anything.

Marie?

Father, we're going to

the Bois for some air.

We won't be long.

[ Door Closes ]

I can hardly believe it's the same child.

She's so pretty.

- Yes, isn't she?

- Good catch for somebody.

- You were saying something about a shipment.

- Oh, yes. Now, where was I?

A thousand pounds

I put into a shipment of spices...

consigned to Atlanta, Georgia.

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