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| caption = Poster of ''Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution''
| caption = Poster of ''Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution''
| director = [[Bille Eltringham]]
| director = [[Bille Eltringham]]
| writer = Bridget O'Connor<br /> [[Peter Straughan]]
| writer = [[Bridget O'Connor]]<br /> [[Peter Straughan]]
| starring = [[Catherine Tate]] </br> [[Iain Glen]]
| starring = [[Catherine Tate]] </br> [[Iain Glen]]
| producer = Hugo Heppell
| producer = Hugo Heppell

Revision as of 09:14, 30 September 2011

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
Poster of Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
Directed byBille Eltringham
Written byBridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Produced byHugo Heppell
StarringCatherine Tate
Iain Glen
Music byRobert Lane
Distributed byWarner Bros. (UK)
A-Film Distribution
Running time
102 min
LanguageEnglish
Budget-
Box office-

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a 2007 British comedy drama film, directed by Bille Eltringham and starring Catherine Tate, Iain Glen and Brittany Ashworth, about a British family who move to East Germany in 1968, during the Cold War. It was filmed in Hungary and the United Kingdom (UK),[1] and was released on 9 July 2007 at the Cambridge Film Festival,[2] and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.[2]

Cast[3]

  • Catherine Tate - Dorothy Ratcliffe
  • Iain Glen - Frank Ratcliffe
  • Brittany Ashworth - Alex Ratcliffe
  • Heike Makatsch - Frau Unger
  • Jessica Barden - Mary Ratcliffe
  • Christian Brassington - Thomas
  • Nigel Betts - Uncle Philip
  • Robert Daniel Lowe - Otto
  • Ottilia Borbáth - Frau Glock
  • Béla Fesztbaum - 1st Stasi Officer
  • Fanni Futár - Uti
  • Imola Gáspár - Art Teacher
  • Ákos Horváth - 2nd Border Guard
  • Barna Illyés - Gym Teacher
  • John Kirk - Mr. Murray
  • Karl Kranzkowski - Rector
  • Uwe Lauer - Truck Driver
  • Piroska Móga - Ursula
  • Ben O'Brien - 2nd Stasi Officer
  • Gábor Pintér - 1st Border Guard
  • Alexander Scheer - Willi
  • Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey - Jerzy
  • Katharina Thalbach - Anna
  • Susan Tordoff - Mary's Teacher
  • Stephan Wolf-Schönburg - Herr Vort

Reception

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution received high 80% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Because of its limited release, there were few reviews, but Channel 4 Online and The Guardian Films cited the film as a possible vehicle for Catherine Tate's blooming film career.[4][5]

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