Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was born on Feb 26, 1802 in France. Victor Hugo's big-screen debut came with The Hunchback of Notre Dame directed by Albert Capellani in 1911. Victor Hugo is known for Rigoletto directed by Philipp Stölzl, Stephen Costello stars as Der Herzog von Mantua and Vladimir Stoyanov as Rigoletto. The upcoming new movie Victor Hugo plays is Rigoletto which will be released on Jul 19, 2019.

Although Hugo was fascinated by poems from childhood on, he spent some time on the polytechnic university of Paris until he dedicated all his work to literature. He was one of the few authors who were allowed to reach popularity during lifetime and one of the leaders of French romance.After the death of his daughter 'Leopoldine' in 1843 he started a career in politics and became member of the Paris chamber where he fought for left ideas. After the reestablishing of monarchy he had to go into exil to Guernesey (1851 - 1870) where his literal work became more important, e.g. "Les Miserables" was written during that period. After his return to Paris he did not join politics anymore.