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Great Expectations (2011)

7.31h 0mDrama

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 111 votes.

BBC / Masterpiece

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Director: Anne Pivcevic

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Cast & crew

Douglas Booth as Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Douglas Booth

Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Jack Roth as Dolge Orlick

Jack Roth

Dolge Orlick

Ray Winstone as Abel Magwitch

Ray Winstone

Abel Magwitch

David Suchet as Mr. Jaggers

David Suchet

Mr. Jaggers

Paul Rhys as Compeyson/Denby

Paul Rhys

Compeyson/Denby

Shaun Dooley as Joe Gargery

Shaun Dooley

Joe Gargery

Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham

Gillian Anderson

Miss Havisham

Vanessa Kirby as Estella

Vanessa Kirby

Estella

Mark Addy as Mr. Pumblechook

Mark Addy

Mr. Pumblechook

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