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A Tale of Two Cities
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 67, highest is Metacritic critics on 87. Critics average 87, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the volatile French Revolution, a dissipated English lawyer finds his life becoming strangely intertwined with a French aristocrat. Their fates converge in Paris amidst the public fury and violence, where one man must make a profound sacrifice for the sake of love and redemption.
Details
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Writers
- S. N. Behrman, W.P. Lipscomb
- Based on
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 25 December 1935
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →0 wins from 2 nominations across 1 ceremony
| 9th Academy Awards 1937 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| 9th Academy Awards 1937 | Best Film Editing | Conrad A. Nervig | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2 awards — A Tale of Two Cities
×| Best Film Editing | Conrad A. Nervig | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee |