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Film, TV, and theatrical adaptations

Like many other Dickens novels, Great Expectations has been filmed several times, including:

• 1917 – silent, starring Jack Pickford, directed by Robert G. Vignola.
• 1922 – silent, made in Denmark, starring Martin Herzberg, directed by A.W. Sandberg.
• 1934 – starring Phillips Holmes and Jane Wyatt, directed by Stuart Walker.
• 1946 – starring John Mills as Pip, Valerie Hobson as Estella and Jean Simmons as Young Estella, directed by David Lean.
• 1954 – starring Roddy McDowall as Pip and Estelle Winwood as Miss Havisham ("Robert Montgomery Presents" Great Expectations: Part 1 (1954) at the Internet Movie Database and "Robert Montgomery Presents" Great Expectations: Part 2 (1954) at the Internet Movie Database)
• 1959 – starring Dinsdale Landen as Pip, Helen Lindsay as Estella and Derek Benfield as Landlord. (BBC television series)
• 1967 – starring Gary Bond and Francesca Annis.
• 1974 – starring Michael York and Sarah Miles, directed by Joseph Hardy.
• 1975 – Stage Musical (London West End). Music by Cyril Ornadel, starring Sir John Mills. Ivor Novello Award for Best British Musical.
• 1981 – starring Derek Francis, directed by Julian Amyes.
• 1981 – starring George Ndirangu, directed by b.dot njuguna.
• 1981 – BBC series starring Stratford Jones, Gerry Sunquist, Joan Hickson, Patsy Kensit and Sarah-Jane Varley. Produced by Barry Letts, and directed by Julian Amyes.
• 1983 – an animated children's version, starring Phillip Hinton, Liz Horne, Robin Stewart, and Bill Kerr.
• 1989 – starring Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch and Jean Simmons as Miss Havisham, directed by Kevin Connor.
• 1998 – starring Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
• 1999 – starring Ioan Gruffudd as Pip, Justine Waddell as Estella, and Charlotte Rampling as Miss Havisham (Masterpiece Theatre—TV)
• 2000 – TV Show South Park, Season 4 Episode 5 "Pip"
• 2009 – Performed at Theatre Clwyd by Graham Bickley, Eleanor Howell, Steven Meo, Rhiannon Oliver, Greg Palmer, Vivien Parry, Robert Perkins, Steffan Rhodri, Simon Watts and directed by Tim Baker.