The Elephant of the Bastille was a monument in Paris between 1813 and1846. It had been conceived by Napolean and the statue was going to be created out of bonze and put in the Place de la Bastille. Only a plaster full-scale model was built. Evidently it was in Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. Therefore Hollywood used it in the current movie.
The 'Elephant of the Bastille' was a full-scale plaster model of a monument that Napoleon proposed in 1808 to commemorate his victories. He intended the final statue to be made of bronze from captured cannons. The project was dropped after Napoleon's final defeat, although the original plaster mold of the elephant remained. Victor Hugo had Gavroche living inside the elephant - with his two younger brothers - in spite of its crumbling, rat-infested condition. It symbolized the failure of both the revolution and Napoleon to improve the lot of France's poor. The elephant was finally taken down in 1846.
there are 40 songs in Les Miserables.
The Production Budget for Les Miserables was $65,000,000.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo was published in 1862.
Les Miserables opened in the US in 1987.
Les Misirables
Zip coeds are not used in Les Miserables.
The policeman in the musical "Les Miserables" is named Javert.
It was built on the orders of Napoleon and apparently was on part of the site of the old Bastille prison
Javert, was the policeman who kept pursuing Valjean in Les Miserables.
Les Miserables won 8 Tony Awards.
The 2012 film Les Miserables is 2 hours and 38 minutes long.
Jeff Layton appeared in Les Miserables in 2012 as the choreographer for the production.