Uniform Title |
Fingersmith (Television mini-series) |
Title |
Fingersmith. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, [2021]. |
©2005 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (180 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
ViaVision Entertainment : VVE2479. |
Originally broadcast on BBC One in 2005. |
Based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Waters. |
Special features: Behind the scenes of Fingersmith (exclusive made for DVD featurette) ; Character profiles ; Episode synopses ; Photo gallery. |
Credits |
Directed by Aisling Walsh ; screenplay by Peter Ransley. |
Performers |
Sally Hawkins, Elaine Cassidy, Rupert Evans, Charles Dance, David Troughton, Imelda Staunton. |
Summary |
Orphan Sue Trinder (Hawkins), raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths', agrees to help a young con man, Richard Rivers (Evans), defraud a wealthy heiress, Maud Lilly (Cassidy). But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
System details |
DVD video, Audio 2.0, Region 4, PAL, 16:9. |
Language note |
English. |
Subjects |
Waters, Sarah, -- 1966- Television adaptations |
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama |
Pickpockets -- Drama |
Inheritance and succession -- Drama |
Thieves -- Drama |
Lesbians -- Drama |
Television series -- Great Britain |
Television programs, British |
London (England) -- Drama |
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama |
Genre |
Historical television programs |
Romance television programs |
Lesbian television programs |
Fiction television programs |
Television mini-series |
Other Names |
Walsh, Aisling, 1958- director. |
Ransley, Peter screenwriter. |
Hawkins, Sally, 1976- actor. |
Cassidy, Elaine, 1979- actor. |
Evans, Rupert actor. |
Dance, Charles actor. |
Troughton, David actor. |
Staunton, Imelda, 1956- actor. |
Waters, Sarah, 1966-. Fingersmith Television adaptation of (work): |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Cassidy, Elaine, 1979- .
- Dance, Charles .
- Evans, Rupert .
- Hawkins, Sally, 1976- .
- Ransley, Peter .
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956- .
- Troughton, David .
- Walsh, Aisling, 1958- .
- Waters, Sarah, 1966-. Fingersmith .
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