Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

Name: Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2007
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Catherine Tate, Iain Glen, Katharina Thalbach, Heike Makatsch, Alexander Scheer

1h 42m

Comedy

Plot

Set against the backdrop of a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution follows a family from Bingley, Yorkshire, as they defect to East Germany in search of a socialist paradise. Instead, they encounter a grim reality filled with rationing, censorship, and pervasive surveillance, shattering their idealistic dreams. As they grapple with the harshness of their new life, the family's struggle intensifies when they realize escaping this oppressive regime is far more challenging than their initial journey into it. The film poignantly captures the clash between expectations and reality in a divided world.

Cast

Catherine Tate Iain Glen Katharina Thalbach Heike Makatsch Alexander Scheer Jessica Barden Brittany Ashworth Nigel Betts Christian Brassington Robert Lowe Ottilia Borbáth Imola Gáspár Susan Tordoff Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey Uwe Lauer