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Charlotte Gray

  • 20012001
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,458
1,220
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Faulks(novel)
      • Jeremy Brock(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Cate Blanchett
      • James Fleet
      • Abigail Cruttenden
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Faulks(novel)
      • Jeremy Brock(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Cate Blanchett
      • James Fleet
      • Abigail Cruttenden
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 144User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Cate Blanchett and Billy Crudup in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett and Billy Crudup in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Michael Gambon in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Billy Crudup in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Cate Blanchett and Rupert Penry-Jones in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Billy Crudup and Michael Gambon in Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Billy Crudup, Lewis Crutch, and Mathew Plato in Charlotte Gray (2001)

    Top cast

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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
    • 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(novel)
      • Jeremy Brock(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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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
      There are several train scenes but in most (not all) of them the sound effects, mainly the whistle, are those of North American trains. European steam engines had a very different sound. Even the sound of the tracks is different in Europe because of a different type of roadbed.
    • Quotes

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

      Charlotte Gray: Hope.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: 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

    User reviews144

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    War is never black or white; it has many shades of "Gray".
    In this evocative war film, we don't get the usual battle scenes or

    soldiers etc ( such as Saving Private Ryan or Full Metal Jacket ).

    We do not see the brutality and realism of death camps. We get a

    refreshing perspective, showing how war affects everyday people,

    such as Charlotte and the French villagers, and the two little boys ,

    who we do not realise are Jewish straight away; just ordinary kids. This film works on a number of levels; how war forces people to

    make unbearable decisions, such as Julien's decision to save the

    children rather than his father. How war causes inherent distrust,

    betrayal, and loyalty; bringing out both the worst and best in

    everyday people. It comments on the fleeting circumstances of

    love, and its fragility; Charlotte realises that because of her

    experiences she cannot possibly love the English pilot; which is

    what all of her motivation and desire originally was; war changes

    people forever. Armstrong deliberately and cleverly gives Blanchett

    the name "Gray"; in the process of the story she increasingly

    becomes confused, guilt-ridden, distrustful; realising that war is

    not the good guy against the bad guy ( an easy attitude for the pilot

    who can just shoot down an enemy plane if it has German

    markings, or bomb targets that are German...he was aloof and

    "cold" because of this role, and Charlotte sees it in their final

    meeting, after she had been immersed in the conflict rather than

    flying above it ). War has so many shades of grey ( gray ), very

    perceptively portrayed by the director; naturally, a woman. This will

    be an eternal issue; carried on at this very moment by the

    inevitable war with Iraq; politicians and those who brainwash the

    military, if they haven't been already, can only see in black or white,

    and will always face the consequences of this.
    helpful•9
    7
    • simondajo
    • Jan 12, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 戰地有心人
    • Filming locations
      • Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
    • Production companies
      • Ecosse Films
      • FilmFour
      • Pod Film
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    Box office

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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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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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