Little Dorrit, Film 1: Nobody's Fault Movie Review 1988

The mammoth version of the Dickens tome, about a father and daughter trapped interminably in the dreaded Marshalsea debtors' prison, and the good samaritan who works to free them. Told in two parts (on four tapes), "Nobody's Fault," and "Little Dorrit's Story."

Distribution

Signals Video, 1000 Westgate Dr., St. Paul, MN 55114, Toll-free: 800-669-5225, Fax: (800)454-3718

Available on VHS
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hard Knock Life, Survival, Dads, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

Christine Edzard

Cast

Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Sarah Pickering, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Amelda Brown, Daniel Chatto, Miriam Margolyes, Bill Fraser, Roshan Seth, Michael Elphick, Eleanor Bron, Patricia Hayes, Robert Morley, Sophie Ward

Cinematography

Bruno de Keyzer

Director

Christine Edzard

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Producer

Cannon Screen, Sands Films

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 1988: Film, Support. Actor (Guinness).