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Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin.

2007•1h 42m•6.7/10
ComedyDramaHistory

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🎬TMDb
6.7/10(11)

Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the Marxist utopia they were expecting. But if they thought getting in was difficult wait until they try to get out.

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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, UK Film Council, Screen Yorkshire, Assassin Films, Pioneer Pictures, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Dorothy Ratcliffe

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Frank Ratcliffe

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

Anna

Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch

Frau Unger

Alexander Scheer

Willi

Jessica Barden

Jessica Barden

Mary Ratcliffe

Brittany Ashworth

Brittany Ashworth

Alex Ratcliffe

Nigel Betts

Nigel Betts

Uncle Philip

Christian Brassington

Christian Brassington

Thomas

Robert Lowe

Otto

Ottilia Borbáth

Frau Glock

Imola Gáspár

Imola Gáspár

Art Teacher

Susan Tordoff

Mary's Teacher

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

Jerzy

Uwe Lauer

Uwe Lauer

Truck Driver

John Kirk

Mr. Murray

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