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Overview

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Director:
Philippe Monnier
Writers:
Charles Dickens (novel)
Arthur Hopcraft (writer)
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Release Date:
21 May 1989 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance | War more
User Comments:
absolutely must see! more

Cast

  (Series Credited cast)
James Wilby ... Sydney Carton
Xavier Deluc ... Charles Darnay
Serena Gordon ... Lucie Manette

John Mills ... Jarvis Lorry
Jean-Pierre Aumont ... Dr. Alexandre Manette
Anna Massey ... Miss Pross
Kathy Kriegel ... Madame Defarge
Alfred Lynch ... Jerry Cruncher
Gérard Klein ... Monsieur Defarge
Jean-Marc Bory ... Marquis St-Evremonde
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Adams ... Stryver
Claude Aufaure ... Le gentilhomme prisonnier
Anthony Benson ... Le geôlier
Bernard Blancan ... Un patriote
Christian Bordeleau ... Un valet d'Evremont
Marie Bunel ... La paysanne
André Chaumeau ... Le vieux geôlier
Jack Clark ... Un badaud
Muriel Combeau ... Seamstress
Janine Darcey ... La villageoise
Derek Deadman ... Cly
Harry Fielder ... First Jailer
Joël Freminet ... Le chef des patriotes
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus ... Le cantonier

Mary Healey ... Mrs. Cruncher
Karl Johnson ... Barsad
François Lalande ... Gabelle
Gérard Laurent ... Un officier de la garde
Claude Le Saché ... Un aristocrate
André Maranne ... Un aristocrate
Michel Modo ... L'officier de la garde
John Moffatt ... Le juge
André Oumansky ... Le président du tribunal
James Patten ... Le jeune Jerry
Samantha Rénier ... La petite Lucie
Gérard Renoux ... Un valet d'Evremonde
Nicolas Serreau ... Jacques
Jean-Pierre Stewart ... L'accusateur public
Michel Subor ... Le père de Darnay
Jean-Paul Tribout ... Gaspard
Ellen Tully ... La servante
John Woodvine ... Le procureur général
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Un comte des deux villes" (France)
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Runtime:
188 min (video version) | UK:120 min (3 episodes)
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating)

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
absolutely must see!, 26 September 1999
Author: carla-13 from east freetown,massachusetts usa

This is by far the best version of Dickens' Tale. The cast was outstanding.James Wilby really conveys Carton's feelings of hopelessness,alienation,and self-sacrifice.The musical score is moving,the costumes and settings accurate,the story very true to the original.Dickens would be proud!

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