<P> Notable examples of these adaptations include: </P> <Ul> <Li> The 1935 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton . <Ul> <Li> The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Assistant Director at 8th Academy Awards . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> The 1937 radio adaptation by Orson Welles . </Li> <Li> The 1952 film adaptation directed by Lewis Milestone starring Michael Rennie and Robert Newton . </Li> <Li> The 1958 film adaptation directed by Jean - Paul Le Chanois, with an international cast starring Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, and Bourvil . Called "the most memorable film version", it was filmed in East Germany and was overtly political . </Li> <Li> The 1978 television film adaptation, starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins . </Li> <Li> The 1980 musical, by Alain Boublil and Claude - Michel Schönberg . </Li> <Li> The 1995 film, by Claude Lelouch, starring Jean - Paul Belmondo </Li> <Li> The 1998 film, starring Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush . </Li> <Li> The 2000 TV miniseries, starring Gérard Depardieu and John Malkovich . </Li> <Li> The 2012 film of the musical, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried . <Ul> <Li> The film received eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jackman, and won three, for Best Sound Mixing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Supporting Actress for Hathaway . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> A 2013 Japanese manga adaptation by Takahiro Arai, to be published in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine from September 2013 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The 1935 film directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton . <Ul> <Li> The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Assistant Director at 8th Academy Awards . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Assistant Director at 8th Academy Awards . </Li> </Ul>

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