Vanity Fair (2018)★ 8.0/10
- Drama
Directed by: James Strong, Jonathan Entwistle
Written by: Gwyneth Hughes, William Makepeace Thackeray
An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
- Original title
- Vanity Fair
- Storyline
- Executive Producer and Writer Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of "villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting, and dancing", takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 6,475
- Companies
- Mammoth Screen, ITV - Independent Television, Amazon Studios, ITV Hub, KRO-NCRV, Pidax Film, Yleisradio (YLE)
- Release dates
- GB September 2, 2018
- ES September 14, 2018
- CA September 19, 2018
- FI October 16, 2018
- SE October 20, 2018
- IT October 26, 2018
- NL October 27, 2018
- ZA November 1, 2018
- MX December 20, 2018
- US December 21, 2018
- PL December 29, 2018
- DE February 25, 2019
- FR December 11, 2019
- AU November 3, 2021
- JP December 11, 2022