Great Expectations (1999)

6.4/10 168 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd

Pip

Justine Waddell

Estella

Charlotte Rampling

Miss Havisham

Laura Aikman

Young Biddy

Nicholas Blane

Wopsle

Selina Cadell

Sarah Pocket

Tony Curran

Orlick

Ian McDiarmid

Jaggers

Clive Russell

Joe Gargery

Lesley Sharp

Mrs. Joe

Donald Sumpter

Compeyson

Nicholas Woodeson

Wemmick

James Hillier

Bentley Drummle

Emma Cunniffe

Biddy

Laurence Dobiesz

Young Herbert

Sarah Durham

Maid

Daniel Evans

Herbert Pocket

Gemma Gregory

Young Estella

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