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Les Misérables

2012 film directed by Tom Hooper
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Summary

Les Misérables is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,029 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3], Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4], Academy Award for Best Sound[5], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6]
  • Director: Tom Hooper[7]
  • Screenwriter: William Nicholson[8], Alain Boublil[9], Claude-Michel Schönberg[10], Herbert Kretzmer[11]
  • Composer: Claude-Michel Schönberg[12]
  • Genre: musical film[13], drama film[14], romance film[15]
  • Based on: Les Misérables[16]
  • Cast member: Hugh Jackman[17], Russell Crowe[18], Anne Hathaway[19], Amanda Seyfried[20], Sacha Baron Cohen[21], Helena Bonham Carter[22], Eddie Redmayne[23], Samantha Barks[24], Aaron Tveit[25], Colm Wilkinson[26], Isabelle Allen[27], Daniel Huttlestone[28], Fra Fee[29], Hugh Skinner[30]
  • Producer: Tim Bevan[31], Eric Fellner[32], Debra Hayward[33], Cameron Mackintosh[34]
  • Production company: Working Title Films[35], Relativity Media[36], Universal Pictures[37]
  • Director of photography: Danny Cohen[38]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[39]
  • Commons category: Les Misérables (2012 film)[40]
  • Distribution format: digital download[41], video on demand[42]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[43], 70%[44], 63/100[45]
  • Color: color[46]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[47], United States[48]
  • Publication date: December 5, 2012[49], December 7, 2012[50], February 21, 2013[51]

Why It Matters

Les Misérables has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did Les Misérables receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3], Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4], Academy Award for Best Sound[5], and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6].

Related Entities

Amanda Seyfried Anne Hathaway Eddie Redmayne film France Gourdon Hannah Waddingham Helena Bonham Carter Les Misérables London Netflix Portsmouth Russell Crowe Sacha Baron Cohen Samantha Barks Tom Hooper United Kingdom United States Victor Hugo

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [14] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  29. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [5] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Academy Awards Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Academy Awards Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  3. 19d ago · Ontogon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
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  4. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Eve Stewart
    Set in period → 1815, 1823, 1832 +1
    Publication date → +2012-12-05T00:00:00Z, +2012-12-07T00:00:00Z, +2013-02-21T00:00:00Z +1
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