Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.
Adaptations (11)
Pygmalion has been adapted 11 times, across film and television series, from 1935 to 2015. The most recent is Totalmente Demais (2015).
Perhaps a Gentleman1935 · film · 98 min · dir. Ragnar Arvedson, Tancred Ibsen · IMDb ↗Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman.
Pygmalion1935 · film · 92 min · dir. Erich Engel · IMDb ↗IMDb7.2When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion1937 · film · 95 min · dir. Ludwig Berger · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion1938 · film · 89 min · dir. Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7100%When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion1948 · film · 150 min · IMDb ↗Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
Perhaps a Gentleman1950 · film · 91 min · dir. Ragnar Frisk · IMDb ↗IMDb5.0After watching Stig Järrel star in a production of Pygmalion Mister Haglund bets him that he can turn anyone into a gentlemen in a few months.
Пигмалион1957 · film · 90 min · dir. Sergei Alekseyev · IMDb ↗Phonetics professor Mr. Higgins decided to prove that he could, thanks to his knowledge and teaching skills, turn Eliza - a simple street flower girl with terrifying speech and manners - into a socialite and introduce her to guests as a duchess.
My Fair Lady1964 · film · 170 min · dir. George Cukor · IMDb ↗A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Pygmalion1983 · film · 109 min · dir. Alan Cooke · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Totalmente Demais2015 · television series · IMDb ↗IMDb7.1This modern fairy tale tells the story of a homeless girl who dreams of helping out her family and finds her big chance of turning her life around in a fashion modeling contest, but the way to winning it and becoming a star will be a lot harder than she envisions.
