Great Expectations1946

Director
David Lean

Acters

John Mills (Pip)
Tony Wager (Mladi Pip)
Valerie Hobson (Estela)
Jean Simmons (Mlada Estela)
Bernard Miles (Džo Gardžeri)
Francis L. Sullivan (G. Jagers)

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
As a young orphan boy, Pip lives with Joe Gargery, the local blacksmith, and his shrewish wife. He’s not yet fourteen-years-old, at which point he will begin his apprenticeship as a blacksmith, so he lives a carefree life. He meets two people who will have a great impact on his future: an escaped convict from a prison ship destined to Australia, and Estella, a young girl who lives with Miss Havisham in a dusty falling down old mansion. After several years, Pip receives tremendous news: a secret benefactor has decided to fund his becoming a gentleman, and Pip promptly moves to London, where he shares rooms with Mr. Pocket and learns to become a man of great expectations.
“The best of four sound versions of Dickens’s wonderful novel.” – The Guardian
“But it’s the director’s skill at combining a rollicking pace, atmospheric cinematography, and characters that you really care for that makes this one of the most definitive Dickens movies on screen.” – BBCi Films
“David Lean creates pictures on the screen that do not clash with the images already existing in our minds. Lean brings Dickens’ classic set-pieces to life as if he’d been reading over our shoulder.” – rogerebert.com