Morfydd Clark plays two characters in the film - Clara Copperfield (David's mother) and Dora Spenlow - the protagonist's love.
The Angel Hotel in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, England, features in the movie. Charles Dickens once stayed there and part of the book The Pickwick Papers is set there.
The theatre scenes were filmed at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds: the last remaining Regency theatre in England.
The film features non-traditional casting.
Kingston Upon Hull's old Town in Yorkshire, England was used for a large part of location work.