Charlotte Gray (film)
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| Directed by | Gillian Armstrong |
| Produced by | Sarah Curtis Douglas Rae |
| Screenplay by | Jeremy Brock |
| Based on |
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks |
| Starring |
Cate Blanchett James Fleet Abigail Cruttenden Rupert Penry-Jones Billy Crudup Michael Gambon |
| Music by | Stephen Warbeck |
| Cinematography | Dion Beebe |
| Edited by | Nicholas Beauman |
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Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) Universal Pictures (International) |
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121 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom Australia Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £14 million |
| Box office | £2,863,482 |
Charlotte Gray is a 2001 British–Australian–German film drama directed by Gillian Armstrong. The screenplay was adapted from Sebastian Faulks' novel with the same title. It is set in Vichy France during World War II. The film stars Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Rupert Penry-Jones, Michael Gambon and Billy Crudup.
The story is based on the exploits of women in Great Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) who worked with the French resistance in Nazi-occupied France. The character Charlotte Gray is a composite based on such SOE agents as Pearl Cornioley, Nancy Wake, Odette Sansom and Violette Szabo.
In 1942, a young Scot, Charlotte Gray, travels by train to London to take a job in a surgery. On the train, Richard Cannerley enters the compartment where Charlotte is seated. Cannerley chats with Charlotte, asking questions about her life and expressing interest that she is fluent in French. He gives Charlotte his card with the date, time and address of a book launch party. Social life in London is in full swing, and Charlotte's friends convince her to attend the party. There Charlotte meets handsome Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Peter Gregory. Cannerley interrupts Charlotte and Gregory by urging Charlotte to meet some of his acquaintances at the party. Cannerley asks Charlotte to contact him when she leaves the party.
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