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Great Expectations (1922)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 53M

Director : A.W. Sandberg

Synopsis

A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip. An anonymous benefactor paves the way for Pip’s transformation and subsequent social ascent from peasant boy to gentleman. But he soon finds out that life among the upper-classes is no bed of roses, and Pip encounters a number of characters who shape his life for the better, and for the worse.

Actors

Gerhard Jessen
Gerhard Jessen
Joe Gargery the blacksmith
Ellen Rovsing
Ellen Rovsing
Mrs Gargary
Martin Herzberg
Martin Herzberg
Pip as a child
Harry Komdrup
Harry Komdrup
Pip
Peter Nielsen
Peter Nielsen
Dolge Orlick
Emil Helsengreen
Emil Helsengreen
Abel Magwitch
Marie Dinesen
Marie Dinesen
Miss Havisham
Olga Belajeff
Olga Belajeff
Estella, Miss Havisham's foster daughter
Esther Kjær Jensen
Esther Kjær Jensen
Estella as a child
Egill Rostrup
Egill Rostrup
Mr Jaggers the lawyer
Ellen Lilien
Ellen Lilien
Biddy
Alfred Meyer
Alfred Meyer
Uncle Pumblechook
Hjalmar Bendtsen
Hjalmar Bendtsen
Herbert Pocket

Crews

A.W. Sandberg
A.W. Sandberg
Director
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Novel
Laurids Skands
Laurids Skands
Writer
Louis Larsen
Louis Larsen
Director of Photography
Einar Olsen
Einar Olsen
Director of Photography
Carlo Jacobsen
Carlo Jacobsen
Production Design

Posters and backgrounds

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