The Pickwick Papers (1952) on Netflix
Samuel Pickwick and three companions set out across England to study human behavior for their Pickwick Club. A disreputable stranger, Mr. Jingle, keeps crossing their path and bringing trouble.
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Plot summary
The Pickwick Club sends Samuel Pickwick and three companions across England to observe human behavior and describe what they encounter. Their journey keeps bringing them into the company of Mr. Jingle, a friendly but disreputable man who causes trouble for everyone who knows him. Pickwick becomes the victim of misunderstandings, which bring him embarrassment and legal difficulties, among them an accusation that he broke a promise to marry.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Pickwick Papers (1952)
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- In 1954 the Soviet Union paid £10,000 for the distribution rights to this Dickens adaptation, making it the first British film shown in the Soviet Union after the Second World War; it premiered on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrack, and a month later a Russian reprint of Dickens' book appeared in 150,000 copies.
- A digitally restored and colourised version of the film was released on DVD in 2012, which caused a renewed debate in the UK about colourising old black-and-white classics.
