Little Dorrit
Seen it?1924 | 131 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for readers who like to compare the book and the screen version and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 2 hr 11 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Danish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1924: an older pace and style.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 442 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by A.W. Sandberg
- Frederik JensenWilliam Dorrit
- Karina BellAmy - genannt Klein Dorrit - Williams Kind
- Karen WintherFanny - Amys Schwester
- Knud SchrøderTip - Amys Bruder
- Georg BuschFrederik Dorrit
- Gunnar TolnæsArthur Clennam
- Ingeborg PehrsonMrs. Clennam - Arthurs Mutter
- Carl HinzJeremias Flintwich & Efraim Flintwich
- Mathilde NielsenAfferty - Efraims Frau
- Torben MeyerHauptschließer Chivery