Les Misérables

Name: Les Misérables
Director: Bille August

Feature Film | 1997-1998 | Drama, Film based on literary source, Period | USA

Director	Bille August
Written by	Rafael Yglesias, Victor Hugo (literary source)
Production	Mandalay Entertainment [us]
Distributor	Columbia Pictures [us]

Budget	14 M$
Length of movie	134'

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Liam Neeson	Jean Valjean [L]
Geoffrey Rush	Javert [L]
Uma Thurman	Fantine [L]
Claire Danes	Cosette [L]

Activity	Name	Comment
Director of photography	Jörgen Persson
Casting director	Leo Davis
Extras/bit player casting	Marek Juráček
Costume designer	Gabriella Pescucci
Director	Bille August
Editor	Janus Billeskov Jansen
Makeup artist / hair stylist	Astrid Schikorra hairstylist only, make-up and hair was separate.	hairstylist only, make-up and hair was separate.
Composer	Basil Poledouris
Service producer	Jean-François Casamayou Frog FIlms, Paris	Frog FIlms, Paris
Production designer	Anna Asp
Production manager	Ales Komárek
Production manager	Jean-Marc Abbou Paris	Paris
Production manager	François Mallard
Screenwriter	Rafael Yglesias
Literary source	Victor Hugo

Company	Comment
Mandalay Entertainment [us]

Company	Comment
Columbia Pictures [us] USA	USA

Type	Country	Date
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 24/12/1998
Theatre release	United Kingdom	Friday, 20/11/1998
Theatre release	USA	Friday, 01/05/1998