Die Legion der Verdammten (1952)

• 71%
• 1952
• Abenteuer
• Drama
• Historie
• Romantik
• Michael Rennie
• Debra Paget
• Robert Newton

After stealing a loaf hat bread to feed a hungern family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, jahr obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict eltern aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under jahr assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately, the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn ' t recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of ...