Four months. Ten episodes. One man's soul on trial for 18 years. Italian TV went HARD for Hugo.
Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestThe television series, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, is one of the most impressive television adaptations of a literary work. Filmed in 1963 over a period of four months at the RAI headquarters in Via Teulada, it is set in France between 1815 and 1833.
Acting
Gastone Moschin carries 18 years of guilt in his shoulders.
Direction
Four months in a TV studio somehow feels like Revolutionary Paris.
Production
RAI went all-in on a literary epic when TV was still finding its legs.
Creator
Victor Hugo
Gastone Moschin
Jean Valjean
Tino Carraro
Javert
Giulia Lazzarini
Fantine e Cosetta da adulta
Roberto Bisacco
Marius Pontmercy
Antonio Battistella
Thénardier
Cesarina Gheraldi
madame Thénardier
Edoardo Nevola
Gavroche
Loretta Goggi
Cosetta da bambina
Aldo Silvani
vescovo Myriel
Maria Francesca Siciliani
Azelma
Massimo Pianforini
Fauchelevent
Elsa Albani
Magloire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
RAI filmed this in Via Teulada, Rome, transforming their own headquarters into 19th century France over four intense months.
This 1964 adaptation predates the famous musical by over a decade, making it one of the last major Les Mis interpretations without singing.
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