Project Detail

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution

Synopsis

She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feel-good comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 North of England to 19-below-freezing East Germany and back again. Mr Ratcliffe fought for the cause, but his wife fought for their family: a teenage sex goddess, and a 12 year-old communist spy. Will Mr Ratcliffe throw away his party card and fall in love with his brave new wife?

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Features
Running time
102 mins
Director
Billie Eltringham
Producer
Leslee Udwin
Screenwriter
Bridget O' Connor, Peter Straughan
Director of Photography
Sean Bobbitt
Principal cast
Catherine Tate, Iain Glen, Heike Makatsch, Katharina Thalbach, Nigel Betts, Alexander Scheer

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Assassin Films

Sales Company

Celluloid Dreams

2 rue Turgot
75009 Paris
France

T +33 1 49 70 09 88

charlotte@celluloid-dreams.com

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