Les Misérables – International Trailer

Universal Pictures released a new international trailer for Les Misérables, an upcoming British musical film produced by Working Title Films, based on the musical of the same name, which is in turn based on an 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo.

Directed by Tom Hooper, written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer, and stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks and Aaron Tveit complete the cast.

Plot

“Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, has broken his parole and must flee from police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and after two decades on the run, Valjean finds himself in the midst of the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris.”

Les Misérables is set to release on December 14, 2012.