Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946 · 118 min · EN · NR · 7.2 (287 votes)
Dir. David Lean · Starring John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan · Music Walter Goehr

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!

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In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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A sweeping, atmospheric journey through Victorian London. It's a tale of ambition and heartbreak, where societal expectations cast long shadows over tender, yet ultimately tragic, love. The visuals are rich, evoking a bygone era with a palpable sense of longing.

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