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    Charlotte Gray

    • 20012001
    • PG-13PG-13
    • 2h 1min
    IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    11K
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    Charlotte Gray (2001)
    Home Video Trailer from Warner Home Video
    Trailer0:31
    1 Video
    81 Photos
    DramaRomanceThriller

    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.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(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
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    • 141User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Charlotte Gray
    Trailer 0:31
    Charlotte Gray

    Photos81

    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)

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    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Charlotte Grayas Charlotte Gray
    James Fleet
    James Fleet
    • Richard Cannerlyas Richard Cannerly
    Abigail Cruttenden
    • Daisyas Daisy
    Charlotte McDougall
    • Sallyas Sally
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    • Peter Gregoryas Peter Gregory
    • (as Rupert Penry Jones)
    Robert Hands
    • Borowskias Borowski
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    • Business Man at Partyas Business Man at Party
    Michael Fitzgerald
    Michael Fitzgerald
    • Business Man at Partyas Business Man at Party
    Hugh Ross
    Hugh Ross
    • Psychiatristas Psychiatrist
    Martin Oldfield
    • Assault Course Instructoras Assault Course Instructor
    Nicholas Farrell
    Nicholas Farrell
    • Mr. Jacksonas Mr. Jackson
    Mike Burnside
    • Morse Code Instructoras Morse Code Instructor
    Damian Myerscough
    • Gun Instructoras Gun Instructor
    Miranda Bell
    Miranda Bell
    • Female Instructoras Female Instructor
    Angus Wright
    Angus Wright
    • Agentas Agent
    Lewis Crutch
    Lewis Crutch
    • Andreas Andre
    Mathew Plato
    Mathew Plato
    • Jacobas Jacob
    • (as Matthew Plato)
    Billy Crudup
    Billy Crudup
    • Julien Levadeas Julien Levade
    • Director
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Sebastian Faulks(novel)
      • Jeremy Brock(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Charlotte (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman, who has studied in France, is living in London during World War II. Within a few weeks she falls in love with a young pilot and is recruited by the Secret Service to act as a courier for the French Resistance. However, her mission behind enemy lines becomes a personal mission to find her lover who has been shot down. Assigned to a Communist Resistance group, she encounters acts of betrayal from sometimes unexpected sources, but meets the violence of war and her own disappointment with hope. —<johnno.r@xtra.co.nz>
    1940scharacter name as titletrain stationresistancefrench resistance103 more
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      • The story of an ordinary woman in an extraordinary time.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
      • Thriller
      • War
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for some war related violence, sensuality and brief strong language
    • Parents guide

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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 Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou (2008)
    • 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 reviews141

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    Top review
    8/10
    Cate Blanchett is amazing!
    Charlotte Grey is the title character of this movie, set in WW2 Britain and France. Played by the extremely gifted Cate Blanchett, Charlotte is a young Scottish woman who, after having fallen in love with an army pilot, Peter Gregory (Rubert Penry-Jones), decides to participate in the English efforts to help the French resistance. A fluent French-speaker, Charlotte takes on the identity of Dominique, a married Parisienne, who's moved to the Vichy-governed part of France.

    As Dominique, Charlotte gets involved with Julian Lavade, his father and two young Jewish boys, whose parents have just been taken away by the Vichy police. She soon realizes how serious the situation is, and that no one is to be trusted. And her courage and determination sees her through.

    Cate Blanchett shows yet again what an amazing actress she is, the new Meryl Streep, but with a warmer aura. Watching her on the screen never gets boring, and even though the movie is somewhat slow moving at times, it really left me craving for more. 4 out of 5!
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    • reynsi
    • May 19, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • FilmFour and Warner Bros. (United Kingdom)
      • Warner Bros. . Awards Site - trailer, screenings (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
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 1min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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