The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Apr 19, 2018

2h 4m

★ 7.4

Overview

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Blueprint Pictures

The Mazur Kaplan Company

StudioCanal

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Trailers

Cast

Juliet Ashton

Lily James

Elizabeth McKenna

Jessica Brown Findlay

Sidney Stark

Matthew Goode

Dawsey Adams

Michiel Huisman

Isola Pribby

Katherine Parkinson

Mark Reynolds

Glen Powell

Eben Ramsey

Tom Courtenay

Eli Ramsey

Kit Connor

Amelia Maugery

Penelope Wilton

Charlotte Stimple

Bronagh Gallagher

Mrs. Burns

Bernice Stegers

Mr. Gilbert

Clive Merrison

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