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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 vehicle for the blooming film careers of both Catherine Tate and Brittany Ashworth.[4][5] The film won the Audience Award at the Wurzburg International Film Weekend [6]

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