The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Bille EltringhamDirector
- Bridget O'ConnorWriter
- Peter StraughanWriter
- Rob LaneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Catherine TateDorothy Ratcliffe
- Iain GlenFrank Ratcliffe
- Katharina ThalbachAnna
- Heike MakatschFrau Unger
- Alexander ScheerWilli
- Jessica BardenMary Ratcliffe
- Brittany AshworthAlex Ratcliffe
- Nigel BettsUncle Philip
- Christian BrassingtonThomas
- Robert LoweOtto
- Ottilia BorbáthFrau Glock
- Imola GáspárArt Teacher
Stills
Themes
eastern germanydysfunctional marriagecommunismwoman director