Oliver Twist (1919 film)

1919 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Márton Garas

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Oliver Twist

Directed by| Márton Garas
Written by| Vajda László
Based on| Oliver Twist
1837 novel
by Charles Dickens
Starring| Tibor Lubinszky
Emil Fenyvessy
Jenő Törzs
László Z. Molnár
Cinematography| István Eiben

Production
company

Corvin Film

Release date

* 1919 (1919)

Running time

| 40 minutes
Country| Hungary
Languages| Silent
Hungarian intertitles

Oliver Twist (Hungarian: Twist Olivér) is a 1919 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Márton Garas and starring Tibor Lubinszky, Emil Fenyvessy and Jenő Törzs. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.[1]

## Plot summary

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Raised in an orphanage, Oliver Twist lives on the street. He meets a thief, a boy named Artful Dodger. This introduces him to Fagin, leader of a gang of children, petty thieves and pickpockets. But Oliver is not a thief and does not want to steal. In the end, he will find his family and will be able to live an honest life.

## Cast

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* Tibor Lubinszky \- Olivér
* Emil Fenyvessy \- Brownlow
* Jenő Törzs \- Monks
* László Z. Molnár \- Fagin
* Sári Almási \- Nancy
* József Hajdú \- Bumble
* Marcsa Simon \- Bumblené
* Gyula Szőreghy \- Sikes
* Ernő Verebes \- 1. tolvaj
* Dezső Radány \- 2. tolvaj
* Margit von Banlaky \- Róza

## References

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1. ^ Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 (Rutgers University Press, 2016).

## Bibliography

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* Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.

## External links

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* Oliver Twist at IMDb

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Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist

Characters|

* Oliver Twist
* Bill Sikes
* Fagin
* Mr Brownlow
* Nancy
* Rose Maylie
* Monks
* The Artful Dodger
* Charley Bates
* Mr Sowerberry
* Mr. Bumble

Film adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1909)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1916)
* Oliver Twist (1919)
* Oliver Twist (1922)
* Oliver Twist (1933)
* Oliver Twist (1948)
* Oliver! (1968)
* Oliver Twist (1974)
* Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist (1987)
* Oliver Twist (2005)

Film retellings|

* Manik (1961)
* Chitti Tammudu (1962)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* Twisted (1996)
* Twist (2003)
* Boy Called Twist (2004)
* Twist (2021)

TV adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)
* Oliver Twist (1982 American-British TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1982 Australian TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)
* Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (1997 TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)

Play|

* Oliver! (1960)

Songs|

* "As Long as He Needs Me"
* "Consider Yourself"
* "Food, Glorious Food"
* "I'd Do Anything"
* "Oliver!"
* "Oom-Pah-Pah"
* "Where Is Love?"
* "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"
* "Be Back Soon"

Related|

* Oliver! (soundtrack to the 1968 film)
* Oliver & Company (soundtrack to Oliver & Company)
* Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 TV series retelling)
* Fagin the Jew (2003 graphic novel)
* Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972 TV film)
* I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series)
* Dodger (2022 TV series)
* The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

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