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Charlotte Gray

  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
13K
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Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
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A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.

  • Director
    • Gillian Armstrong
  • Writers
    • Sebastian Faulks
    • Jeremy Brock
  • Stars
    • Cate Blanchett
    • James Fleet
    • Abigail Cruttenden
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Faulks
      • Jeremy Brock
    • Stars
      • Cate Blanchett
      • James Fleet
      • Abigail Cruttenden
    • 147User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations total

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    Charlotte Gray: You Don't Know Who I Am
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    Charlotte Gray: You Don't Know Who I Am
    Charlotte Gray: You Stay Here, Your On Your Own
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    Charlotte Gray: Don't Tell Me Your Name
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    Charlotte Gray: Do You Know How Many They Shot?
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    Charlotte Gray: Nobody Fights For Their Country
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    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Charlotte Gray
    James Fleet
    James Fleet
    • Richard Cannerly
    Abigail Cruttenden
    Abigail Cruttenden
    • Daisy
    Charlotte McDougall
    • Sally
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    • Peter Gregory
    • (as Rupert Penry Jones)
    Robert Hands
    Robert Hands
    • Borowski
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    • Business Man at Party
    Michael Fitzgerald
    Michael Fitzgerald
    • Business Man at Party
    Hugh Ross
    Hugh Ross
    • Psychiatrist
    Martin Oldfield
    • Assault Course Instructor
    Nicholas Farrell
    Nicholas Farrell
    • Mr. Jackson
    Mike Burnside
    • Morse Code Instructor
    Damian Myerscough
    Damian Myerscough
    • Gun Instructor
    Miranda Bell
    Miranda Bell
    • Female Instructor
    Angus Wright
    Angus Wright
    • Agent
    Lewis Crutch
    Lewis Crutch
    • Andre
    Mathew Plato
    Mathew Plato
    • Jacob
    • (as Matthew Plato)
    Billy Crudup
    Billy Crudup
    • Julien Levade
    • Director
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Faulks
      • Jeremy Brock
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    7burrobaggy

    Underrated war movie

    Charlotte Gray was something of a box-office disaster in the States, which damaged its reputation in the rest of the world. While it's not hard to see why American audiences didn't go for it, it's harder to understand the malice European critics greeted it with. It's a pretty good portrait of resistance infighting (the Communists are setup by the De Gaullists as liberation approaches), local collaboration (the schoolteacher gladly helps the Nazis root out Jewish families) and the nuts and bolts of resistance work. No great heroics or big setpieces, which is probably why it tanked: the big climax is more an emotional risk than the rescue audiences probably wanted. Performances are mostly good - Blanchett is much better than contemporary reviews would have you believe in particular. There are better films, but it's a good movie and for my money better than the alright Lucie Aubrac. I liked it enough to buy the DVD.
    9carpenoctum187

    An excellent Cate Blanchett in a superior "old school" war/romance

    This film has a genuine feel for the grand old tradition of Hollywood war romances. It's elegantly crafted escapism of the highest order, beautiful to look at, with the added bonus of an intelligent script and great performances all around. As I've seen time and again where poor endings mar otherwise good films, I'm always keen on how the curtain falls. This one had what I felt was a great curtain line that nicely tied in the heroine's odyssey of identity confusion and moral ambiguity in the shadow world of undercover war espionage (a "gray" that was more than just her name) to her eventual discovery of self, strength, and purpose as her true character is slowly forged in the crucible of danger and strife. As war brings out the very worst of qualities in humanity, so too can heightened expressions of bravery, compassion, and loyalty serve to greatly ennoble the human spirit in times of blood and sorrow. The movie does a nice job of highlighting that theme in several of its characters. Cate Blanchett does a wonderful job with the title role and this film is a strong 9 out of 10.
    9rps-2

    A lovely film

    If nothing else, the superb cinematography makes Charlotte Grey a winner. The picture is filmed through a creative and sensitive eye with wonderful angles, evocative moods and sensitive textures and shades. The rain and snow outside the train window in the opening scenes is somehow just so right. But photography aside, this is a gripping and well acted work that will satisfy fans of both war movies and love stories. Michael Gambon gives an Oscar worthy performance. It's also so nice to see a film that does not have one of those dreadful syrupy and impractical happy endings. Not that it's a totally sad ending. Call it a bitter sweet ending. In any case this film is an absolute delight from the titles to the closing scene.
    paul-freegard1

    Nice film, shame about the inaccurate comments

    My wife and I watched this film last night. We both enjoyed it very much. However, I was disappointed to see such a low rating on this website. I think the film is worthy of at least a 7.

    I think that several people are missing the point about language. Charlotte did not speak English when she landed; she spoke French. All you have to do is use your imagination. The director obviously chose to use English to avoid having to use subtitles. Besides, acting must be hard enough without having to speak your lines in a foreign language.

    Miss Blanchett is high on my list of favourite actors. I thought she played her part exceptionally well. I challenge anyone to say that they were not moved by her displays of emotion. If anyone can recommend any of her other films, I would be grateful.
    imdb-2930

    Unconvincing film following an excellent documentary

    This film is a love story, loosely based on the real-life heroism of WWII. Those who enjoy such films would not have been disappointed by Charlotte Gray.

    Unfortunately, Channel 4 decided to precede the film with the transmission of a documentary about the real-life heroines, whose personal sacrifices, pragmatic courage and strength of character shone out of my TV in a way that had me close to tears. The film, which followed, showed none of the iron self-discipline, the de-sensitising effect of war nor the constant fear of discovery these people lived with, but concerned itself with emotional story lines that would have been at home in any modern love story, loosely based on any social environment you care to choose. Far from blending into the background, along with the oppressed French population, Cate Blanchett was often portrayed parading in high heels and flattering autumnal colours, looking like a million francs

    Too frequently for this viewer, it dipped into the downright absurd, e.g. having a) the male lead exposing himself to danger in an astonishing, barking tirade at German troops, b) the collaborationist French schoolteacher volunteering to the goodies that he was a snitch for the Germans and c) Charlotte herself somehow persuading a gendarme not to reveal her whereabouts to his search party colleagues, even when safely out of range of her pistol.

    What a wonderful piece of history it was. And what a wonderful film could have been made of it (with the same cast too; the individual performances were all perfectly OK, especially in the minor roles).

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    • Trivia
      The true story of Nancy "White Mouse" Wake inspired Sebastian Faulks' 1999 novel Charlotte Gray upon which this movie was based. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Mrs. Wake was "a truly remarkable individual whose selfless valor and tenacity will never be forgotten." Born in New Zealand, but raised in Australia, she is credited with helping hundreds of Allied personnel escape from occupied France. Working as a journalist in Europe, she interviewed Adolf Hitler in Vienna in 1933 and then vowed to fight against his persecution of Jews. After the fall of France in 1940, Mrs. Wake became a French Resistance courier and later a saboteur and spy, setting up escape routes and sabotaging German installations, saving hundreds of Allied lives. She worked for British Special Operations and was parachuted into France in April 1944 before D-Day to deliver weapons to French Resistance fighters. At one point, she was top of the Gestapo's most wanted list. "Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work, I used to think it didn't matter if I died, because without freedom, there was no point in living", Mrs. Wake once said of her wartime exploits. It was only after the liberation of France that she learned her husband, French businessman Henri Fiocca, had been tortured and killed by the Gestapo for refusing to give her up. She was Australia's most decorated servicewoman, and one of the most decorated Allied servicewomen of World War II. France awarded her its highest honor, the Legion D'Honneur. She also received Britain's George Medal, and the U.S. Medal of Freedom. In 2004, she was made Companion of the Order of Australia. She died in London on August 8, 2011 at the age of ninety-eight.
    • Goofs
      The German colors during the Nazi Regime were actually Black, White and Red. These were also the colors of the N.S.D.A.P. and were present on the shield of the German helmets of the Wehrmacht and all of the flags at this time. So the Bundesrepublik Deutschland colors of Black, Red and Yellow are not appropriate for the film.
    • Quotes

      Psychiatrist: Of these three, which in your view is the most important: Faith, hope or love?

      Charlotte Gray: Hope.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Shipping News/I Am Sam/Charlotte Gray/Gosford Park (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Black Eyed Susan Brown
      Master performed by Phil Harris and his orchestra featuring The Three Ambassadors

      By courtesy Hindsight Records

      Written by Al Hoffman and Al Goodhart

      Published by Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co Ltd

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Шарлотта Грей
    • Filming locations
      • Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
    • Production companies
      • FilmFour
      • Senator Film Produktion
      • Ecosse Films
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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $741,394
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $46,271
      • Dec 30, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,323,109
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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