Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations is a book-based movie adapted from "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. This Drama/Romance film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is December 26, 1946.
The Source Material
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Overview
An orphan living with his older sister and her kindly husband, Pip is hired by wealthy and embittered Miss Havisham as a companion for her and her beautiful adopted daughter, Estella. His years in service to the Havishams fill his heart with the desire to rise…
About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- Great Expectations
- Original Title
- Great Expectations
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- US Theatrical
- December 26, 1946 · Rated NR