Oliver Twist
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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Cast
39 people
Barney Clark
Oliver Twist
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Roman Polanski Director · Ronald Harwood Screenplay Charles Dickens Author
Worldwide gross $43M · Budget $50M · United States release September 23, 2005
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$42,580,321
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
ETIC Films
Production
R.P. Productions
Production
Runteam III Ltd.
Production
TriStar Pictures
Studio
Czechia · France · Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · September 23, 2005
Physical
United States · September 23, 2005
Theatrical
United Kingdom · October 7, 2005
Theatrical
Austria
December 22, 2005 · Digital
Czechia
September 23, 2005 · Digital
Denmark
November 6, 2007 · Premiere
November 6, 2007 · Theatrical
November 6, 2007 · Digital
France
October 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
December 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
September 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 17, 2005 · Digital
Ireland
October 7, 2005 · Digital
Poland
September 30, 2005 · Digital
Portugal
December 1, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
October 19, 2005 · Digital
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