---
title: 'Great Expectations (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Newell'
released: '2012-09-11'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/great-expectations-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Great Expectations (2012)

2012 · 128 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Great Expectations is a 2012 romantic period drama film based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. The film was directed by Mike Newell and adapted by David Nicholls, and stars Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Ralph Fiennes and Robbie Coltrane. It was distributed by Lionsgate.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Newell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-newell)
- **Screenplay:** [David Nicholls](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-nicholls)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hartley](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hartley)
- **Producer:** [Stephen Woolley](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-woolley), [Elizabeth Karlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-karlsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mathieson)
- **Editor:** [Tariq Anwar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tariq-anwar)

## Cast

- [Holliday Grainger](https://cinepixo.com/people/holliday-grainger) as Estella
- [David Walliams](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-walliams)
- [Olly Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/olly-alexander)
- [Helena Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-barlow)
- [Ralph Fiennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-fiennes) as Abel Magwitch
- [Ewen Bremner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-bremner) as John Wemmick
- [Jason Flemyng](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-flemyng)
- [Ralph Ineson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-ineson)
- [Jeremy Irvine](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-irvine) as Pip
- [Sally Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-hawkins)
- [Ben Lloyd-Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lloyd-hughes)
- [Tamzin Outhwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamzin-outhwaite)
- [Jessie Cave](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-cave)
- [Helena Bonham Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-bonham-carter) as Miss Havisham
- [Robbie Coltrane](https://cinepixo.com/people/robbie-coltrane)

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