Here we've displayed a list of the best Waif films : Les Misérables: The Staged Concert(2019), Les Misérables(2012), Broken Blossoms(1919), Quartet(1981), Boxcar Bertha(1972), One Heavenly Night(1931) ... ...
Musical
2019
170 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy Shan Ako Michael Ball Alfie Boe Earl Carpenter Carrie Fletcher Rob Houchen Matt Lucas Katy Secombe
prisoner prison guard peasant waif innkeeper love interest spirited touching bleak france prague street inn poverty injustice historical events prison break class conflict underdog pursuit
Seen by over 120 million people worldwide one of the world's most popular musicals. Now cinema audiences can experience a live broadcast of the musical phenomenon which broke box office records and sold out its entire 16-week season.
Musical, Drama, History
UK|USA
2012
158 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Russell Crowe Anne Hathaway Amanda Seyfried Eddie Redmayne Helena Bonham Carter Sacha Baron Cohen Samantha Barks Aaron Tveit Daniel Huttlestone Isabelle Allen
prisoner prison guard peasant waif innkeeper love interest spirited touching bleak france prison street inn poverty injustice historical events prison break class conflict underdog pursuit
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Donald Crisp Arthur Howard Edward Piel Sr. George Andre Beranger Norman Selby Wilbur Higby Karla Schramm Ernest Butterworth Fred Hamer
immigrant waif fighter father manager dark emotional disheartening london shop household apartment buddhism immigration discrimination love abuse death forbidden love quest
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Drama
UK|France
1981
101 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Alan Bates Maggie Smith Anthony Higgins Armelia McQueen Daniel Chatto Pierre Clémenti Suzanne Flon Sheila Gish Daniel Mesguish Virginie Thévenet
wife husband art dealer art collector painter waif bleak confident tender sultry paris flat nightclub zoo prison love triangle art marriage decadence infidelity
Marya Zelli finds herself penniless after her art dealer husband, Stephan, is convicted of theft. Marya accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who lets her live in their house.
Crime, Drama
USA
1972
89 Minutes
Barbara Hershey David Carradine Barry Primus Bernie Casey John Carradine Victor Argo David Osterhout Chicken Holleman Grahame Pratt Harry Northrup Ann Morell
waif union organizer gambler gunner tense gritty dreamy the south train brothel robbery violence sex survival union adventure love temptation 1930s
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Evelyn Laye John Boles Leon Errol Lilyan Tashman Hugh Cameron Marian Lord Lionel Belmore George Bickel Vince Barnett Henry Victor Henry Kolker
opera singer waif count guardian baron merchant amusing outlandish tender budapest, hungary countryside castle deception assumed identity romantic dilemma class conflict bad behavior opera forbidden love discovery
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.