Great Performances
Season 27
1996 · 5 episodes
1. Episode 1
1996-01-01
2. Les Misérables in Concert
1996-03-01
The story of the fall and redemption of Jean Valjean, arrested for stealing some bread for his starving family. In prison he's constantly bothered by the hard-nosed lawman Javert. Valjean is paroled, but runs away and becomes the mayor of a small town. He meets a dying woman named Fantine and swears to raise her daughter. Javert catches up to him, but Valjean escapes. The daughter, Cosette, grows up and falls in love with Marius, a student. An ill-fated, student-led revolution makes the mother of all climaxes for this beauty of a production. And the end with the 50 or so Valjeans is pretty impressive!
3. Episode 3
1996-04-03
4. Episode 4
1996-12-02
5. Episode 5
1996-12-10
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