An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Barney ClarkOliver Twist
- Ben KingsleyFagin
- Jamie ForemanBill Sikes
- Harry EdenThe Artful Dodger
- Edward HardwickeMr. Brownlow
- Leanne RoweNancy
- Ian McNeiceMr. Limbkins
- Chris OvertonNoah Claypole
- Andy LindenMr. Gamfield
- Teresa ChurcherCharlotte
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
- Charles DickensNovel
- Paweł EdelmanDirector of Photography
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé de LuzeEditor
- Robert BenmussaProducer
- Roman PolanskiProducer
- Alain SardeProducer
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