Oliver Twist (1948 film)
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Oliver Twist (1948) is the second of David Lean's two Dickens adaptations. Following the success of his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his next film, including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan, cinematographer Guy Green, designer John Bryan and editor Jack Harris.
The 1948 version is generally the best-regarded film of this novel and, along with the musical adaptation Oliver!, probably the best known.
The film was not without controversy, however, particularly over Alec Guinness's portrayal of Fagin, which was considered anti-semitic by some. The film was not released in the United States until 1951, with seven minutes of Guinness's performance cut. The film was originally banned in Israel for anti-semitism, and in Egypt for portraying Fagin too sympathetically. It sparked riots in Berlin when released in 1949.
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