I'm teaching an introduction to the literature of the XIX and XX centuries to modern language's students (french) at the university. I would find a good film based on a XIX novel. I've found a serie of Germinal but there are 2 or 3 dvds.
I think it depends of what of trend you try show. Germinal is a good novel, but it could not illustrate, let´s say, romantic literature from the beginning of XIX. In this case, I would prefer Les Miserables, or Notre Dame (Hugo) .
Thank You for your answer and the link. I think this is a good version of Les Misérables I was searching a film shorter because I only have 2 hours to show the film but with this link, I will say to watch it at home and work some "passages" in class.