Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

102 mins | Comedy | Sept. 28, 2007

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.

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

102 mins | Comedy | Sept. 28, 2007

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Directors Bille Eltringham
Writers Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Cast

Catherine Tate

as Dorothy Ratcliffe

Iain Glen

as Frank Ratcliffe

Heike Makatsch

as Frau Unger

Alexander Scheer

as Willi

Jessica Barden

as Mary Ratcliffe

Brittany Ashworth

as Alex Ratcliffe

Nigel Betts

as Uncle Philip

Robert Lowe

as Otto

Ottilia Borbáth

as Frau Glock

Imola Gáspár

as Art Teacher

Susan Tordoff

as Mary's Teacher

John Kirk

as Mr Murray

Uwe Lauer

as Truck Driver