Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
Encyclopedia
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), and was released on 9 July 2007 at the Cambridge Film Festival
, and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.
. 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.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
British comedy drama film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, directed by Bille Eltringham
Bille Eltringham
Bille Eltringham is an award winning British film and television director. She is a graduate of Bournemouth Film School.Her most recent film is Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution...
and starring Catherine Tate
Catherine Tate
Catherine Tate is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards...
, Iain Glen
Iain Glen
Iain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay...
and Brittany Ashworth, about a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
family who move to East Germany in 1968, during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. It was filmed in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
(UK), and was released on 9 July 2007 at the Cambridge Film Festival
Cambridge Film Festival
The Cambridge Film Festival is one of the biggest film festivals in the UK. The festival historically took place during early July, but now takes place annually during September in Cambridge....
, and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.
Cast
- Catherine TateCatherine TateCatherine Tate is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards...
- Dorothy Ratcliffe - Iain GlenIain GlenIain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay...
- Frank Ratcliffe - Brittany Ashworth - Alex Ratcliffe
- Heike MakatschHeike Makatsch- Early life :Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for...
- Frau Unger - Jessica BardenJessica BardenJessica Barden is an English actress who was a regular cast member on Coronation Street.In 2007 it was announced that she would play the part of Kayleigh Morton on the ITV Soap Opera Coronation Street...
- Mary Ratcliffe - Christian BrassingtonChristian BrassingtonChristian Brassington is a British actor. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and attended Basingstoke Stageschool from a young age.-Career:...
- Thomas - Nigel BettsNigel BettsNigel Betts is an English actor who has an irregular recurring role in ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Sales Manager Eddie Hope.Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill and the much acclaimed ITV series,...
- Uncle Philip - Robert Daniel LoweRobert Daniel LoweRobert Daniel Lowe is an English actor who has appeared in several stage, television and film roles. He is probably most noted for his portrayal of Troy Cotton in Secret Smile and as Jack Maitland in the third series of ITV's Primeval....
- Otto - Ottilia BorbáthOttilia BorbáthOttilia Borbáth is an actress who has appeared in many films as well as appearing in TV mini serials such as the Nightmare Years and The Phantom of the Opera.-External links:...
- 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 ThalbachKatharina ThalbachKatharina Thalbach is a German actress and film director.- Life and work :Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriented family. Her father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach was an actress. Her late husband Thomas Brasch was an author. Her daughter Anna and...
- Anna - Susan Tordoff - Mary's Teacher
- Stephan Wolf-Schönburg - Herr Vort
Reception
Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution received high 80% Fresh on Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
. 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
Catherine Tate
Catherine Tate is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards...
's blooming film career.