Bleak House 2x DVD 2005 Pusztaház örökösei / Directed by Justin Chadwick, Susanna White / Starring: Gillian Anderson, Alun Armstrong, Charlie Brooks, Warren Clarke / Written by Charles Dickens

UPC 5996357343110

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Total Runtime: 420 minutes (2 discs)

English Summary:

Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, which was originally published in 1852–53 as itself a print serialisation over 20 months. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from 27 October to 16 December 2005, and drew much critical and popular praise. It has been reported that the total cost of the production was in the region of £8 million.

The longstanding estate battle of Jarndyce v Jarndyce hangs over the heads of many conflicting heirs, confused by multiple wills. Possible beneficiary John Jarndyce of Bleak House welcomes orphaned cousins Ada Clare and Richard Carstone—also potential heirs—as his wards, and has hired Esther Summerson as a housekeeper and companion for Ada. Honoria, Lady Dedlock, the wife of the imperious baronet Sir Leicester, is also a possible beneficiary of the estate. The Dedlocks' lawyer, Tulkinghorn, sniffs out a connection between Lady Dedlock and a newly deceased man called Nemo; as he tries to discover Nemo's true identity, Lady Dedlock secretly seeks information about the dead man herself. Meanwhile, Richard and Ada are falling in love. Richard keeps changing his mind on which career to pursue—first a physician, then a lawyer and then a soldier—but the prospect of his inheritance from the ongoing litigation begins to consume him, despite warnings from John, now his formal guardian. Esther and the young doctor Allan Woodcourt are attracted to each other, but Esther feels unworthy and Allan accepts a commission as a navy physician.

Hungarian Summary:

A történet főhőse, Esther Summerson, az árva gyermek csak annyit tud származásáról, hogy - nevelőnője szerint - anyja "vesztét okozta" születésével. Ifjabb lány korában egy ismeretlen úr nevelőintézetbe küldte és taníttatta. Most Mr. John Jarndyce, (mert ő volt a jótevő), megbízottja Londonba viszi a törvényszék elé, ahol is a végeláthatatlan Jarndyce kontra Jarndyce perben szereplő két árva unokatestvér, Ada és Richard nevelőnőjének kéri fel. A bíróság így engedélyezi, hogy a nőtlen Mr. Jarndyce gondoskodhasson a fiatalok neveltetéséről. Mindhárman Pusztaházba költöznek, ahhoz a rokonukhoz, akivel még soha nem találkoztak. Ezalatt a szépséges, ám fagyos Lady Dedlock sorsa rosszra fordulni látszik, amikor férje ügyvédje, Mr. Tulkinghorn felfedezi életének egyik rejtett titkát és nyomozásba kezd a lady tönkretétele érdekében.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Gillian Anderson – Lady Honoria Dedlock
• Timothy West – Sir Leicester Dedlock
• Charles Dance – Mr. Tulkinghorn, Sir Leicester's lawyer
• Denis Lawson – John Jarndyce, a man of means
• Patrick Kennedy – Richard Carstone, ward to Mr. Jarndyce
• Carey Mulligan – Ada Clare, ward to Mr. Jarndyce
• Anna Maxwell Martin – Esther Summerson, housekeeper to Mr. Jarndyce
• Richard Harrington – Allan Woodcourt, a young doctor
• Di Botcher – Mrs. Woodcourt, Allan's mother
• Lisa Hammond – Harriet, servant to Mr. Jarndyce
• John Lynch – Nemo (Captain James Hawdon)
• Pauline Collins – Miss Flite, a kindly woman
• Tom Georgeson – Clamb, Mr. Tulkinghorn's clerk
• Alun Armstrong – Inspector Bucket, a police detective
• Seán McGinley – Snagsby, proprietor of a law stationery
• Burn Gorman – William Guppy, ambitious clerk at Mr Kenge's law firm
• Sheila Hancock – Mrs. Guppy, his mother
• Harry Eden – Jo, a street boy