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- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 8 m
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 8 m
Summary A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 8 m
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 8 m
A Tale of Two Cities
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Summary A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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One of director Jack Conway's finest efforts, the film never suffers from a sense that the novel has been compressed or rushed. Moving, fresh and aware of its effects, this film stands as one of Hollywood's finest adaptations of a novel.
For more than two hours it crowds the screen with beauty and excitement, sparing nothing in its recital of the Englishmen who were caught up in the blood and terror of the French Revolution and of Sydney Carton, who gave his life for his friends.
The historical details of costumes and settings are exemplary and the cast superb. Those best of times and worst of times must have looked much like this. [12 Jul 1996, p.39]
The first, and best, of the three versions of Charles Dickens' tale of the French Revolution. [05 Dec 2008, p.C5]
Vintage screen Dickens with a cutting edge: the French terror is vividly, hauntingly realised, all chaos and guillotine ghouls. [16 Aug 2000, p.23]
It's a creditable though unadventurous film, handsomely staged in the M-G-M backlot style for classics.
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Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date Dec 25, 1935
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating Approved
Tagline The most dramatic love story in the history of literature!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
