"Little Dorrit" has been adapted for the screen five times, the first three in 1913, 1920, and 1934. The 1934 German adaptation, "Kleine Dorrit", starred Anny Ondra as Little Dorrit and Mathias Wieman as Arthur Clennam. It was directed by Karel Lamač. The fourth adaptation, in 1987, was a UK feature film of the same title as the novel, directed by Christine Edzard and starring Alec Guinness as William Dorrit and Derek Jacobi as Arthur Clennam, supported by a cast of over 300 British actors.