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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.
Sep 28, 2007 · Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feelgood comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West Yorkshire 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.
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- Comedy
- Bille Eltringham
- 2007-09-28
Socialist Frank Ratcliffe takes a job in East Germany, bringing his family along for the ride. But once there, they find that all is not as rosy as they believed, and meek wife Dorothy begins to question her husband's leadership.
Summary: The ubiquitous Catherine Tate plays Dorothy Ratcliffe, who left Britain in the 60s to live in East Germany. With: Brittany Ashworth, Catherine Tate, Iain Glen and Jessica Barden
Based on a true story, Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution is a feel-good comedy that charts the journey 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 ...
Sep 24, 2007 · Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007) Reviewed by Stella Papamichael. Updated 23 September 2007. Contains one use of moderate language. As the titular housewife in Mrs Ratcliffe's...
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.
- 102 min
