A tale of two cities [videorecording] / Granada Television International and Dune present ; ITV Studios ; producer, Roy Roberts ; director, Philippe Monnier ; dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 300223 | BFS Entertainment & Multimedia300224 | BFS Entertainment & Multimedia31076-D | BFS Entertainment & MultimediaPublication details: Richmond Hill, Ont. : BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd., [2011]Description: 2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:- Tale of two cities (Television program : 1989).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Masterpiece Theatre's 1991 production of A Tale of Two Cities is a faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic French Revolution drama. The story focuses on English lawyer Sydney Carton, who has an unrequited love for Lucie Manette, the wife of French aristocrat Charles Darnay. After Charles' uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde, tramples a young boy with his horse, the Marquis is killed by the boy's father, sparking a revolution. During the revolution, Darnay is persuaded to return to Paris, where he is arrested and sentenced to death. Realizing that Lucie will never love him the way she loves Charles, Sydney takes Darnay's place on death row, thereby letting the aristocrat return to his wife. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, John Mills, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Anna Massey.
Originally broadcast on television in 1989.
Dickens' tale of love, politics, and the aristocracy during the French Revolution.
DVD, NTSC, Dolby Digital, full screen.