Charles Dickens's story of a young man's journey to maturity. This version finds David Copperfield as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach. In flashback, David remembers his life in 19th century Britain, as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school. He relives his struggle to overcome the loss of his idyllic childhood and the torment inflicted by his hated stepfather after his mother's death. Then virtually abandoned on the streets of Victorian London, David Copperfield is flung into manhood and contends bravely with the perils of big-city corruption and vice; hardships which ultimately fuel his triumph as a talented and successful writer.
The music score was the last Malcolm Arnold wrote for a film.
Release
The film was made to be shown on television in the United States, but was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
The film had its premiere at the Carlton Haymarket in London on 2 January 1970. It opened at Studio One and on the Rank Organisation's circuit in North London on 4 January 1970.[2]
Home media
The film is available on a variety of budget label DVDs, but all of them are very poor-quality transfers.
