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Vanity Fair (1998)
Directed by Marc Munden
Overview
This faithful BBC adaptation once again brings William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic satirical novel to the screen. Becky Sharp (Natasha Little) is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost. The Napoleonic Wars provide a dramatic backdrop as Becky sets out to manipulate various characters—from London ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo.
Length 305 minutes
Actors
Maurice Roeves | Rupert Vansittart | Jeremy Swift | Miriam Margolyes | Graham Crowden | David Bradley | Sian Thomas | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | Bryan Pringle | Anton Lesser | Nathaniel Parker | Tim Woodward | Tom Ward | Joanna Scanlan | Karl Johnson | Mark Lambert | Eleanor Bron | Philip Glenister | Sylvestra Le Touzel | Linal Haft | Patsy Rowlands | Windsor Davies | Janine Duvitski | Michele Dotrice | Janet Dale | Jeff Nuttall | Natasha Little | Gerard Murphy | Nick Dunning | Angela Curran | Frances Tomelty | David Ross | Frances Grey | Stephen Frost | Sara Powell | Abigail Thaw | Felix Dexter | Vicki Pepperdine | Sarah Crowden