Great Expectations (2011)

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Synopsis

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.

Keywords

child abuse, based on novel or book, manipulation, rags to riches, escaped convict, victorian england, fugitive, miniseries, poverty, kindness, historical, british history, historical drama, 19th century, secret benefactor, young gentleman, victorian era.

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Main cast

Douglas Booth

as Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Jack Roth

as Dolge Orlick

Ray Winstone

as Abel Magwitch

David Suchet

as Mr. Jaggers

Paul Rhys

as Compeyson/Denby

Shaun Dooley

as Joe Gargery

Gillian Anderson

as Miss Havisham

Vanessa Kirby

as Estella

Mark Addy

as Mr. Pumblechook

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