The Personal History of David Copperfield

Based On the book by Charles Dickens

The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It stars Dev Patel as the title character, along with Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse. The world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2020 by Lionsgate and in the United States on 28 August 2020 by Searchlight Pictures.

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Release date:

January 24, 2020

Director:

Armando Iannucci

Cast:

Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw

Genre:

Drama, Comedy drama

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

2019 in adaptations