A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities.
Original UK cinema poster
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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French
A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)
…1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859). Sydney Carton, an alcoholic English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the…
Cover of serial Vol. V, 1859
"The Sea Still Rises", an illustration for Book 2, Chapter 22 by "Phiz"
The seamstress and Carton, an illustration for Book 3, Chapter 15 by John McLenan (1859)
Illustration from a serialised edition of the story, showing three tricoteuses knitting, with the Vengeance standing in the centre.