Search - David Copperfield on DVD

Movie Release: 1974 DVD Release: 04/04/2006 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 5 hrs 25 mins Studio: Koch Entertainment Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Period Film

The 1974 BBC adaptation of -David Copperfield -Charles Dickens's 1850 bildungsroman about a young Brit's coming of age in mid-nineteenth century London - sports David Yelland in the title role, alongside such luminaries as Arthur Lowe (O' Lucky Man, Sweet William) as Wilkins Macawber, Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited, Under the Volcano) as James Steerforth), and Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances) as Mrs. Micawber. The story sees Copperfield working through hardship after hardship, including a sadistic boarding school, an abusive stepfather, and estrangement from the warmth of his mother, to fulfill his destiny and be all that he can. Julian Aymes directs this acclaimed five-and-a-half hour miniseries, from a script by William Trevor. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

David Yelland - David Copperfield
Patience Collier - Betsey Trotwood
Collette O'Neill - Clara Copperfield