Great Expectations (1946)

Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Jean Simmons, Martita Hunt, Alec Guinness and Valerie Hobson. It won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography) and was nominated for three others (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay).
The script, a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel - inspired after David Lean witnessed an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel,[4] in which Guinness (responsible for the adaptation) had played Herbert Pocket, and Martita Hunt was Miss Havisham - was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame and Kay Walsh. Guinness and Hunt reprised their roles in the film, but the film was not a strict adaptation of the stage version. The film was produced by Ronald Neame and photographed by Guy Green.[5] It was the first of two films Lean directed based on Dickens' novels, the other being his 1948 adaptation of Oliver Twist.
The film is now regarded as one of Lean's best; in 1999, on the British Film Institute's Top 100 British films list, Great Expectations was named the 5th greatest British film of all time.
Cast :
John Mills as Pip as an adult
Anthony Wager as Pip as a boy
Valerie Hobson as Estella as an adult, and as Molly
Jean Simmons as Estella as a girl. (Simmons later played Miss Havisham in the 1989 miniseries)
Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham
Finlay Currie as Abel Magwitch
Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers
Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery
Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket as an adult
John Forrest as Herbert Pocket as a boy
Freda Jackson as Mrs. Joe Gargery
Eileen Erskine as Biddy
Ivor Barnard as Mr. Wemmick
Torin Thatcher as Bentley Drummle
O. B. Clarence as the Aged Parent
Hay Petrie as Uncle Pumblechook
Everley Gregg as Sarah Pocket
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Lol whos watching this on 2024

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😶👈

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I am.

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Me for my exam

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Mee

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​@@anjel_06me to just Know about this classic

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Watching this for my academic purpose

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The same

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Same 😂😢

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and me😂😂

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[@deepathomas6818]

Joe Gargery is the truest person that ever was. I know he's only a character in a story but I wish I had a friend like Joe Gargery in my life. He never ceased to love Pip even when Pip's attitude towards him changed. He nursed Pip back to health when he was sick and delirious. He was more like a father/best friend to Pip than a brother-in-law. He made me cry when I read that book as a school girl. He made me cry as an adult now watching this. 😭

[@junaidahmed2827]

& what about his wife????

[@deepathomas6818]

@@junaidahmed2827 his former wife, Pip's sister, not so much. But his second wife, Becky, was an amazing, honest and loving young woman. Sweet Joe deserved such a kind wife. And they even named their kid after Pip. That shows how they loved and cared for Pip. 😭

[@junaidahmed2827]

@@deepathomas6818 Indeed Joe was an ideal friend, husband & partner. He was caring & selfless man, he deserved to have someone like Biddy which he had in the end.

[@deepathomas6818]

@@junaidahmed2827 oh yes Biddy. I forgot the name and said Becky. 😅

[@almarthalogias]

@Miss Thomas, perhaps if you first of all wish to BE and BECOME a friend like Joe Gargery, you'll once in a lifetime be fortunate enough to find such a friend! Our friends treats, reflect the quality of ourselves as humans beings.

[@padmanabankumar5391]

"I loved her against reason, against promise...against all discouragement that could be."

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Who is watching this movie in 2024👽

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Me . I am Egyption and studying for exam ❤

[@zenseb7]

Who else watching this in 2020year...

[@doudieful]

me

[@xnoraalrebdi6950]

Me cuz i have an exam about it

[@That_Bot_6252]

Me cause I must practice my English listening skills.

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From Bangladesh,🇧🇩🇧🇩

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Me

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I read this on book and just watching it

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[@junuhazz1129]

Me too

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Yo ARMYYY!!

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same Here

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I didn't read I just came 😂😂 🖐️ Army 💜💜

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This was shown to us in the classroom after all the lessons😅

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Great Lessons

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Yes you are right

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@@budkilyngdoh1976 same we are reading the episodes in my english book! Its really amazing thats why i was looking for its movie

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What , no alternative lit?

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Us toooo

[@revanthkumar6735]

I feel overwhelmed by finding this... Literally my eyes rolled out into tears... Cause of my childhood memories 🥰🥰

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Yep bro ... sweet story from school

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Mee too bro

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My Alternative English (Subjects) brought me here for my Academic 😊😇💖💙

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Do you speak English as a foreign language ?

[@c_liya]

We are learning this in school for english lit

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Our to

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Our to

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Our too

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Same here...pakistan

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I'm watching this in 2024, 78 years later

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Me too

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ثانوية ازهرية ٢٠٢٤ 😍

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Raise ur hand who r watching this for tomarow exam 🙏

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مسا علي رجالة ثانوي المجتهدا اللي جايين يتفرجوا ع الفيلم

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😂😂😂😂

[@EvaAcrobat]

This is one of the best books and films in the world

[@iftikharali9239]

Yep

[@doseofchill]

I don't contest this, but read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Another great book about character and life in general, friendship, unconditional love, etc. Hugo wanted to write a book to be compared with Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Altgough the books are different in genre and in timeframe, both are excellent.

[@TheFiown]

Thank you, I haven't seen this movie in a very long time.

[@zaki7212]

Who's here because they have got their Alt exams next month

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Kali Karni allthebest

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Me

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But tommorrow

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I know how to speell

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this story which im studying it in my grade is so awseome.

[@denyon1166]

Ever since I've watched this story it has been my favorite story and also the best story I've ever seen so far. It has a well startings with good ending which has a lot of hidden meanings and unexpected dimensions roles played in it . My eyes rolled into tears. I greatly respect the author of this story.

[@cookingtv5274]

Charles Dickens! What a novelist! What a legend! A true masterpiece! Immense respect to this man! ❤

[@rucharajan9019]

Touched. Truly, completely and utterly touched. Charles dicken, wonderful author! Just love how he draws personal life experiences into his books so affectionately! I could read him everyday!!

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I am studying this novel 😭❤❤❤❤

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me 2

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me too

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Sam here it's a nic movie btw ❤️🤧

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U kurdish?

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me too :(

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I'm not the only one who is watching this for my exam?

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In which class did you study ?

[@thequietkid393]

@@user-lk8hb4dt9q 12

[@user-lk8hb4dt9q]

@@thequietkid393 Me too, Where are u from? ..I am Egyptian.

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l am in 4 class and .I watch to my exam

[@redzone6099]

​@@user-dr6pr6go9d That's too early to learn for a fourth graders

[@sanjuktasamanta2746]

Such a wonderful production

[@jenniferchiu8489]

I like the film too, but I can hardly bear with the fact that a middle-aged actor played the role of a 20-year-old Pip！There were several times I could not look at him in the face, especially when he tried to put up an innocent look.

[@Travelanddrink]

True

[@stewartcameron1516]

1946 - but still a classic nearly 80 years ago - great story line - who would have thought that Estella would be Magwitch's daughter?

[@middlechild2022]

When I was in 7th grade, it was a school novel in Pakistan, in the novel, it wasn't mentioned that Estella was magwitch's daughter

[@lechat8533]

I`m so glad I found this vintage version and with what a cast it was produced. Truly wonderful. Thank you very much for uploading❤

[@jimpk1]

I learn this story in my English lesson in secondar school. It was long long time ago. Thank you to put it up.

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Which class did you study it in?

[@jimpk1]

@@user-lk8hb4dt9q Long long time ago, my dear.

[@user-lk8hb4dt9q]

In Egypt , We learn it in grade 12

[@jimpk1]

@@user-lk8hb4dt9q We were form 3 or form 4 in secondary school

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This movie is much better than its remake

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I'm crying😭too goo can't explain how much it touch my heart❤

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I learn this story at school ❤️

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they speak English too fluently and smoothly and I started wondering "did I read the story correctly?" + yeah my imagination was big and this movie is almost like what I imagined

[@Desdedona]

I have read the book. It was suggested by our English teacher and I love it! It is one of the great novel I had look through.

[@pikusmaximus6539]

Sunday afternoons watching classics like this in my youth. Just finished having our sunday roast. Then settling down in the living room to watch this beautiful film.

[@cookingtv5274]

I don't know why but the start Dickens has given to this novel gives me goosebumps- _My father's family name being Pirrip and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip and came to be called Pip._ Immense respect! ❤🛐

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This one is the best book and Movie also.

[@Sadca2]

We are studying Great expectations in secondary school 💜🔥in Egypt

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I read it on book in 10standard and this is one of my favourite story.Love it❤️❤️

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UN FILM EXTRAORDINAR ..ÎTI TINE ,SUFLETUL ÎNCORRDAT...E FOARTE ..FOARTE.BUN!!!

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Lets see who'll be watching on April, 2021😁

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Or Oct 2021 lol

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02.2024

[@salardlshad905]

Im learning this in my english book at school, i found it like this and wanted to watch the movie! Its really cool and fun to watch!! Glad i found it

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Same here

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Are you Kurdish?

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[@littleha85]

I'm reading this book now in my school and if I sometimes couldn't understand the book, I take a glance on the movie and I do quite understand the chapter..thankyou

[@Red_stickfigure1]

It will help, Lot in my exam because I have to read Some Chapters Of this novel for my Exam, And I am feeling Wonderful by seeing this movie , I really liked it !! Most Probably for the Actor Sir John Mills .. so good...really Great Expectations It's Wonderful!

[@aytbanali7106]

Same I also have this book in exam aaaa this book is difficult whyyyy

[@Red_stickfigure1]

@@aytbanali7106 But I Don't think it's Difficult😕 And it became more easy after seeing this movie 😀😀, ugh ! I love this novel SOooo.. much !

[@jenniferchiu8489]

But don't you feel that John Mills was too old for the role? It was quite unbearable to watch a middle-aged actor playing the role of a 19-year-old Pip!

[@Red_stickfigure1]

@@jenniferchiu8489 Yess u are right it was a lil weird lol...I think he was probably 38-39 aged right?

[@mysh9337]

By far the best adaptation of the book this movie. I'm glad it's up on YT.

[@Yash-bq3wq]

Haven't seen something better than this...... Just loved it.

[@saumitrachakraborty9794]

What an engaging commentary on the realities of life! Must have read d book, hundreds of time.

[@InotoChophy-yn1yl]

I have never heard of this novel but through this year, I'm in class 11 and this novel came into existence into my life because of some subject which I'm studying now and it really touched my heart which forced me to watch it and i have watched it ❤ As pip falls in every expectations in the beginning but as he grows older, becomes a gentleman every expectations of his came true like finding a beautiful Estella which he was fretting for his whole life❤ Ahhhh loved it 🫶❤️🫂

[@rofikohsulistiani3286]

It's really an old movie. I feel like i find a treasure

[@cookingtv5274]

Studied it in Class 7 and back here in Class 10 just to revive this masterpiece by the legend! ❤🎉

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After my uncle suggested I'm here to know it's worth to gain more experience

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The joe’s hat😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@narunegative1308]

This was my first novel, read it in 2008, and I still love watching this movie now

[@sudhanshulovelife1]

Oh Great Expectation 🤗

[@cynthiablagasca5888]

Great movie. Great cast. Great story. Thank you for posting a great classic with the great actors John Mills, Alec Guiness, Jean Simmons. The great David Lean of course. Love it!

[@manikamathur4697]

Thank you so much ! Real difficult to find this 1946 version 😕

[@aruproy8793]

the original classic was in our syllabus for school leaving exam. wonderful.

[@WaqasAziz_Official]

I have read this novel in 8th standard. Amazing to watch a video.

[@abubakarliman3499]

I like the movie since I had watch it when I was in deeply love with someone, it like our loved that's why I'm so much excited to watch it again. I watch the movie in 2007 ..

[@hungry3166]

This is an unforgettable and unbelievable novel! It was literal magic

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Who is watching in 2021

[@marzillamusiquer]

At 1:30:16, Mr. Wemmick says "I want to offer an apology" about the Aged's idiosyncracy. But the original quote in the book is "I won't offer an apology... for he isn’t capable of many pleasures-are you, Aged P.?" (chapter 37) I really love this entire episode. Mr. Wemmick accepts the Aged for who he is and is quite unapologetic about it.

[@PaloukaMan]

This makes me so happy ❤ Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Itz_tasneem9]

watching for my school 🙂 but I loved the movie

[@munjungapatrick6291]

watching this for fun 2024

[@TheMedicalLad]

Just read the book and in my experience it made me emotional . The fact that a young man Pip always thinking about marriage and his future goes same for me . What tore me was pip not able to marry Biddy and how he lost his backbone Convict . Also how much he loved Estella but the ending confused as to whether Estella and Pip got married or not?

[@nileenal.s490]

According to the orginal novel pip and estella end up being friends, they did not marry.

[@VibeChishi07]

Came To watch for my academic purpose . Ending up loving the fight 🤣.... K.O

[@exploreknowledge5564]

Truly appreciated 👍

[@cocomelon2.064]

Recently came across this gem i first read book them i realised there is movie too ❤️

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Wonderful.

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مين هنا ثانوية عامة 2022 😂❤️

[@khaledshokr5995]

اعدادية 😂

[@amarvadlachannel]

True masterpiece

[@anupomroy6330]

My favorite novel in my honors life. I never forget it.

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Garde 11 l love 💖 this episode

[@Saisampurna143]

Omg... I have ever thankful for this novel to Charles Dickens❤

[@offodemi]

I would have loved it more if the ending would have been the original one where estella remarries someonelse ,pip settles in cairo still lost in his own world of illusinory *Great Expectations* as he calls it. That would make much more sense. Marriage just for the sake of *a happy ending* was not the right way to end such a lovely deep meaning story.

[@pradeepmishra3232]

What is actual ending in Novel ?

[@catherinedaydreamer6333]

@@pradeepmishra3232 pip and estella end up together however she was married before. Her abusive husband died when he fell off his horse.

[@offodemi]

@@catherinedaydreamer6333 They don't end up together if you mean *marrying*. They just meet in the end, do a small chit chat and leave.

[@rajarshibarman334]

@@offodemi though the last line signifies, she didn't wanna part away. Though I think the ending is open to interpretations

[@imtiyazibnadam5701]

You are absolutely right.

[@danyalatif8454]

It really helped me a lot in my exams

[@danialamin252]

Do you have it in your syllabus? Which grade are you in?

[@theraliyanthan1751]

Standard 12

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ماشەڵا هەر کورد سەیری کردووە 😂😂

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Where do you come from ?

[@pansiduakash5642]

Thanks for the video

[@holystep3034]

Hi! You're a genius. Thanks for doing this for the comunity. I'm from Argentina and I really enjoy to watch this kind of movies ^_^

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ئەوە لۆ لە برای خۆی دەدات وەڵاهی درم شکا🤕💔

[@aqsabutt4031]

2021 pals where y at

[@lizzie6658]

Love this book it’s filled with suprices and it’s super funny it’s a very knowledgeable one too best one for the childhood memories……..one of my fav:)

[@its1ziad]

Such a wonderful story

[@vensyzlg2005]

Who's watching this on 2024🙋❤️

[@jorellgador336]

you can break his heart- miss havisham

[@bianghunjanong6010]

Such an emotional story

[@ravishankar6611]

Beautifull film

[@omarhossam.8162]

I love that story

[@At.this_point]

Loved how the Aged P loved nodding 😂😂

[@mughakiviii_]

I'm here becz i have this novel in my alt eng exam for 15 marks 🙂

[@dubbelhenke854]

One of the really great movies of all time.

[@catherinedaydreamer6333]

The best version of all

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Really so amazing acting .I like it 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@cynthiahaffs88]

I think its the best of movie ever seen..wanted to meet pip, joe, biddy,estella

[@ssendagirealex3566]

Since 2013 wen I was introduced to this book by Mr Dickens, I loved it upto now ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MACMETALFACE]

Classic! Love from Japan!

[@sobiaraoof7210]

tragic ending of Miss Havisham and happy ending of pip and Estella

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Wonderful

[@hsaa4346]

I really love this story 💓

[@abbtravels5139]

Egyptian third-secondary scholars have to see this!!