It's such an epic, sprawling book, that's really the way to do it. Big budget, HBO or maybe Netflix.
shareAfter the success of War and Peace, I believe the BBC said something about doing an adaption (minus the singing.)
shareActually, it already was. THE FUGITIVE from the late 1950s, early 1960s, is based on LES MIZ.
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The musical is not suitable for a series, but the version with Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich
was a mini-series.
Hey, it was! It ran on PBS and it was excellent. Dominic West was great as Valjean.
Look up Les Miserables (2018)