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Les Misérables
Hugo's epic cut into four parts, and sold with the barricade already burning.
What
A French affiche of 1912 for Albert Capellani's four-part Les Misérables, made for Pathé Frères by SCAGL, from the Faria atelier.
Why
Capellani's Les Misérables ran to nearly three hours across four parts and is one of the first genuine feature films in Europe — proof that cinema could sustain a novel rather than an anecdote. The poster had to sell length itself, a thing no film advertisement had needed to do before.
Notice
The horizontal composition treats the story as a frieze of episodes rather than a single scene, matching the multi-part release.
“The moment the film became long enough to be called a work.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Les Misérables (1912), dir. Albert Capellani
- Country / studio
- France · Pathé Frères — SCAGL
- Designer
- Cândido Aragonez de Faria
- Printer / stone
- Atelier Faria
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- French affiche, 1912
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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