Literaturverfilmung – Vereinigtes Königreich Έτος παραγωγής: 1947 Διάρκεια: 110 λεπτά
Σκηνοθεσία: David Lean Σεναριογράφος: David Lean, Stanley Haynes, Charles Dickens Κάμερα: Guy Green Μουσική: Arnold Bax
Υπόθεση:
Based on the Charles Dickens novel »Oliver Twist« is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a household of young boys who are trained to steal for their master. The boys thieving activities and others who desire to cash in on Oliver’s fortune by criminals activities leads to murder and community outrage as they are hunted down.
This version of »Oliver Twist« is topped by Alex Guinness’ masterly performance of arch-thug Fagin.