Movie Description:
Critically acclaimed as Dicken`s crowning achievement, this sweeping taleof two turbulent love affairs set againsta tangeled web of wealth,corruption, passion and betraylin 1860s London comes to life in this superb adaptation. The first affair concerns JohnHarmon, a millionaire`s son who discovers his inheritance depends upon marrying a woman he ahas never met. When heis betrayed for his money, heallows himself to be thought dead in order to see if the girl, the witty and impetuous Bella Wilfer, can love him forhimself. At the same time, LizzeHexam, the beautiful daughter of the boatman suspected of Harmon`s murder, isbeset by two suitors whose respective passions lead to tragedy as each manfaces a bitter choice between love and fortune. An epic tale of desire, greed,