Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
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Directed by	Bille Eltringham
Produced by	Hugo Heppell
Written by	Bridget O'Connor Peter Straughan
Starring	Catherine Tate Iain Glen Brittany Ashworth
Music by	Robert Lane
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	9 July 2007 (2007-07-09) (Cambridge Film Festival)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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, and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.

Cast

Catherine Tate as Dorothy Ratcliffe
Iain Glen as Frank Ratcliffe
Brittany Ashworth as Alex Ratcliffe
Heike Makatsch as Frau Unger
Jessica Barden as Mary Ratcliffe
Christian Brassington as Thomas
Nigel Betts as Uncle Philip
Robert Daniel Lowe as Otto
Ottilia Borbáth as Frau Glock
Béla Fesztbaum as 1st Stasi Officer
Fanni Futár as Uti
Imola Gáspár as Art Teacher
Ákos Horváth as 2nd Border Guard
Barna Illyés as Gym Teacher
John Kirk as Mr. Murray
Karl Kranzkowski as Rector
Uwe Lauer as Truck Driver
Piroska Móga as Ursula
Ben O'Brien as 2nd Stasi Officer
Gábor Pintér as 1st Border Guard
Alexander Scheer as Willi
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey as Jerzy
Katharina Thalbach as Anna
Susan Tordoff as Mary's Teacher
Stephan Wolf-Schönburg as 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.^[2]^[3] The film won the Audience Award at the Wurzburg International Film Weekend.

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