Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Sep 28, 2007

1h 42m

★ 6.7

She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution Trailers

Cast

Dorothy Ratcliffe

Catherine Tate

Frank Ratcliffe

Iain Glen

Anna

Katharina Thalbach

Frau Unger

Heike Makatsch

Willi

Alexander Scheer

Mary Ratcliffe

Jessica Barden

Alex Ratcliffe

Brittany Ashworth

Uncle Philip

Nigel Betts

Thomas

Christian Brassington

Otto

Robert Lowe

Frau Glock

Ottilia Borbáth

Art Teacher

Imola Gáspár

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6.7

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