Overview
Plot
An orphan escapes a brutal workhouse for London, where he joins a gang of young pickpockets under the criminal Fagin. The story exposes the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
- Directors
- Roman Polanski
- Cast
- Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Leanne Rowe, Ian McNeice, Chris Overton, Andy Linden, Teresa Churcher, Jake Curran, Turbo, Lewis Chase, Levi Hayes, Jeremy Swift, Gillian Hanna, Michael Heath, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Strong, Ophelia Lovibond
- Country
- Czech Republic, France, Italy, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Crime, Drama, Family
- Release date
- 2005-09-23
- Studios
- ETIC Films, R.P. Productions, Runteam III Ltd.
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After enduring a harsh life in a workhouse, an orphan flees to London and falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin. He eventually finds a better life, and his journey exposes the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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