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Great Expectations

1922 · 113 min

A slow, shadowy silent-era telling that lingers on class longing and a decaying, bitter old woman's frozen heart.

Directed by
A.W. Sandberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gerhard Jessen, Ellen Rovsing, Martin Herzberg
Overview
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Directed by
A.W. Sandberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gerhard Jessen, Ellen Rovsing, Martin Herzberg
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • identity
    • love
    • betrayal
    • grief
    Places
    • countryside
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    A.W. Sandberg
    Written by
    Laurids Skands
    Starring
    Gerhard Jessen, Ellen Rovsing, Martin Herzberg, Harry Komdrup, Peter Nielsen, Emil Helsengreen, Marie Dinesen, Olga Belajeff
    Cinematography
    Einar Olsen, Louis Larsen
    Runtime
    113 min
    Country
    Denmark
    Languages
    No Language

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