The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Movie Review 1981

Nine-hour performance of the 1838 Dickens' tale by the Royal Shakespeare Company, featuring the work of 39 actors portraying 150 characters. Wonderful performances are characterized by frantic action and smoothly meshing intertwining plots, focusing on the trials and tribulations of the Nickleby family, amidst wealth, poverty, and injustice in Victorian England. Nine cassettes.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 540 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

David Edgar

Cast

Roger Rees, David Thewlis, Emily Richard, John Woodvine

Director

Jim Goddard

Music

Stephen Oliver

Producer

Colin Callender, England Channel 4 London, RM Productions, Primetime Television Production