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Feature film — 2012

Great Expectations (2012)

6.42h 8mDrama — Romance

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 high-signal pick with 361 votes.

Number 9 Films / BBC Film / Unison Films / Lipsync Productions

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Director: Mike Newell

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Cast & crew

Jeremy Irvine as Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Jeremy Irvine

Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham

Helena Bonham Carter

Miss Havisham

Ralph Fiennes as Abel Magwitch

Ralph Fiennes

Abel Magwitch

Holliday Grainger as Estella Havisham

Holliday Grainger

Estella Havisham

Robbie Coltrane as Mr. Jaggers

Robbie Coltrane

Mr. Jaggers

Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Joe

Sally Hawkins

Mrs. Joe

Jason Flemyng as Joe Gargery

Jason Flemyng

Joe Gargery

Ewen Bremner as Wemmick

Ewen Bremner

Wemmick

David Walliams as Mr. Pumblechook

David Walliams

Mr. Pumblechook

Tamzin Outhwaite as Molly

Tamzin Outhwaite

Molly

Daniel Weyman as Arthur Havisham

Daniel Weyman

Arthur Havisham

Jessie Cave as Biddy

Jessie Cave

Biddy

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