Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
Brief Synopsis
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Based on the true story of Frank Ratcliffe, a Marxist from the north of England who drags his family with him to live in East Berlin in the mid-1960s, only to realize later that life in the communist bloc is not the idyll he had imagined. His wife of 17 years, Dorothy Ratcliffe, is thrown by life be
Cast & Crew
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Bille Eltringham
Director
Catherine Tate
Mark Strong
Heike Makatsch
Iain Glen
Katharina Thalbach
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Family
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Baseblack; Celluloid Dreams; Screen Yorkshire; U.K. Film Council
Distribution Company
Budapest Film; CinTart; Hoyts Distribution; Rosebud; Ster-Kinekor; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Warner Bros. Spain
Location
United Kingdom; Hungary
Synopsis
Based on the true story of Frank Ratcliffe, a Marxist from the north of England who drags his family with him to live in East Berlin in the mid-1960s, only to realize later that life in the communist bloc is not the idyll he had imagined. His wife of 17 years, Dorothy Ratcliffe, is thrown by life behind the Iron Curtain but battles to keep the family together.
Director
Bille Eltringham
Director
Cast
Catherine Tate
Mark Strong
Heike Makatsch
Iain Glen
Katharina Thalbach
Robert Lowe
Alexander Scheer
Arndt Schwering-sohnrey
Karl Kranzkowski
Brittany Ashworth
Jessica Barden
Ben O'brien
Nigel Betts
Christian Brassington
Susan Tordoff
John Kirk
Gabor Pinter
Akos Horvath
Ottilia Borbáth
Imola Gaspar
Fanni Futár
Piroska Móga
Barna Illyes
Stefan Wolf-schonburg
Bela Fesztbaum
Uwe Lauer
Crew
Paul Abbott
Executive Producer
Kalman Antal
Location Manager
Kinga Baranyai
Assistant Production Coordinator
Bea Beliczai
Assistant Location Manager
Tracie Bennett
Song Performer
Sean Bobbitt
Director Of Photography
Liz Bunton
Line Producer
Craig Butters
Supervising Sound Editor
Anji Carroll
Casting
Angelica Conner
Music
Matt Curtis
Titles
Nicola De Fresnes
Set Decorator
Guy De Glanville
Assistant Director
Ferenc Deak
Special Effects Supervisor
Sascha Dhillon
Assistant Editor
Anna Dickes
Makeup Artist
Anja Dihrberg
Casting
Kimberly Dunbar
Makeup Artist
Yoav Factor
Location Manager
Andrea Flesch
Costume Designer
Tim Fraser
Sound Mixer
Brian Gibbs
Finance Manager
Paul Hamblin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Debra Hargreaves
Makeup Artist
Hugo Heppell
Executive Producer
Gyula Herjeczki
Construction Manager
Zoltan Horvath
Set Decorator
Kati Jakots
Makeup Designer
Ildiko Kemeny
Coproducer
Janos Kiss
Key Grip
Rob Lane
Music
Rob Lane
Original Music
Rob Lane
Music Conductor
Tibor Lazar
Art Director
Mike Lovatt
Music
Andy Ludford
Property Master
Mari Mako
Casting
Graham Meethoo
Costume Supervisor
Bogi Moricz
Assistant Director
Gabriella Nemeth
Hair
Ray L. Nicholas
Stunt Coordinator
Maggie Norris
Executive Producer
Balazs Novak
Makeup Artist
Bridget O'connor
Screenplay
Sylvia Parker
Production Supervisor
Peter Pedrero
Stunt Coordinator
Nora Petak
Coproducer
Christoph Silber
Consultant
Lesley Stewart
Line Producer
Peter Straughan
Screenplay
Klari Szinek
Hairdresser
Malcolm Thornton
Production Designer
Jacqueline Thorogood
Production Manager
John Thorpe
Construction Manager
Lee Trevor
Assistant Director
Paul Trijbits
Executive Producer
Kolos Trimmel
Production Accountant
Leslee Udwin
Producer
Bela Unger
Stunt Coordinator
Maria Ungor
Line Producer
Salazs Vakar
Gaffer
Lucy Wakeford
Music
Leigh Walker
Art Director
James Watson
Music
Gary Williams
Song Performer
John Wilson
Editor
Verity Wislocki
Post-Production Supervisor
Bela Zsolt Toth
Property Master
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Family
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Baseblack; Celluloid Dreams; Screen Yorkshire; U.K. Film Council
Distribution Company
Budapest Film; CinTart; Hoyts Distribution; Rosebud; Ster-Kinekor; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Warner Bros. Spain
Location
United Kingdom; Hungary
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Released in United Kingdom September 2007
Released in United Kingdom September 2007
