Les Miserables Paris original 1980

Rehearsal recorded Septembre 12 th 1980 five days before the premiere of the original Paris show.
Songs from the original french concept album. Extract of 2 songs: At the End of the Day: La journée est finie and The Bargain / The Waltz of Treachery: Valjean chez les Thénardier and Valse de la fourberie.
Interview of Robert Hossein (stage director) Interview of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. Make up of Fantine co workers and Maurice Barrier (Jean Valjean).

[@vangmx]

Such rarity needs to be shared with all fans of Les Miserables. I love how this documentary was filmed on 16mm film in a very cinematic fashion. Wished we had a full version of the entire original French production.

[@martinpatrick1746]

The composers are so young in this french behind the scene film before the opening of the french production of Les Miserables.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

May Maurice Barrier, Rose Laurens, and Marie-France Dufour, etc in the cast who have died rest in peace.

[@gavroche1392]

Maurice Barrier.... Quel comédien ... et quel chanteur....

[@cgm530]

the thénardiers in this look legitimately terrifying, wow. i really wish they'd kept more elements of the original design in the later versions.

[@livingthathistory1762]

They went for more comic relief in the English Universal version, or else it have been too intense for non French audiences. In the Books he was not a buffoon.

[@Sawrattan]

Gavroche is also a lot more rough here, the whole concept is grimmer than the English version including the orchestra.

[@colliric]

Amazing, thanks for preserving this. I love the original album, nice to see footage of the original French production.

[@ep6927]

You're welcome

[@gustavomatias4870]

I so wish there was a complete video recording of this play

[@martinpatrick9915]

Robert Marian was the star of the French production of les mis as Valjean.

[@jassalala]

Une "pépite" de l'Ina, merci de la poster :) On y voit aussi Rose Laurens (Fantine) dans la première chanson puis Yvan Dautin et Marie-France Roussel (les Thénardier)

[@pascalrigollet9028]

And the rest, as they say, is history. Looking forward to seeing it again whenever it happens.

[@toutouzim007]

Superbe, une pensée pour la magnifique Rose Laurens 🌹

[@gavroche1392]

et plein d'autres.....!!!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Trevor Nunn has said that this version ends on the barricades. In fact he is incorrect, it ends with Valjean's death just like the West end versions. I wonder why he would say that?

[@laurentchaffin4467]

quel moment inoubliable !!! j aimerai tant revoir en vidéo . je sais pas si cela n a pas exister en laserdisc ? en cassette vidéo oui et j aimerai tellement l avoir

[@MrRbjunior83]

Maybe it's stupid to ask, but how did they manage to do it so well without head set microphones in the 1980s. Was there such technology back then?

[@kimpaul8270]

Well, old theaters are made to amplify sound, and theater performers learn how to project their voice

[@gavroche1392]

Il y a candice patou, la compagne de Hossein, mais je ne sais plus le rôle qu'elle a....