A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film) Cards. A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film) A Tale of Two Cities is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film directed by Jim Goddard and starring Chris Sarandon, who plays dual roles as two characters who are in love with the same woman. It is based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name set in the French Revolution. Dickens' London-lawyer hero (Chris Sarandon) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves in Paris during the Reign of Terror. Producer Norman Rosemont specialised in adaptations of classic novels. Most of the $5 million budget came from Hallmark
Superman: A Tale of Five Cities English. The name of the story is a reference to Charles Dickens novel "A Tale of Two Cities". A main characteristic of this graphic novel is that it features five capitals in Scandinavia. Normally, DC Comics superhero stories happen on fictional cities, for example Metropolis and Gotham City, but in this particular storyline, Clark Kent and Lois have to travel to Northern Europe, going from West to East. To represent that, artist Teddy Kristiansen penciled several famous buildings, monuments and distinctive places from each city as featured in the story, some which are destroyed during Superman fights. Cultural differences, local