In 1942, London is in the middle of the Blitz. The city is blacked out and bombs shatter the night. Charlotte Gray is an ordinary woman who travels from Scotland to London to see how she can help. At a party, she meets Peter, a battle-weary RAF pilot on leave, and they fall in love. But the affair is abruptly halted when Peter is called back into service and his plane is shot down over France. If he is alive, he is probably hiding, sheltered by the French Resistance. Soon, Charlotte is also on her way to France, for like many women fluent in French, she has been recruited as a secret agent, working to support the Resistance. She could have asked for an assignment at home, but instead she jettisons fear, accepting a dangerous mission behind enemy lines, keeping secret her personal mission to find her missing lover. In a world where secrecy is all around, she discovers that she can only trust what is in her heart.
Production Ecosse Films [gb]; FilmFour [gb]; Pod Films [au]; Senator Film Produktion GmbH [de];
Cast Names Cate Blanchett; James Fleet; Abigail Cruttenden; Charlotte McDougall; Rupert Penry-Jones; Robert Hands; Tom Goodman-Hill; Michael Fitzgerald; Hugh Ross; Martin Oldfield; Nicholas Farrell; Mike Burnside; Damian Myerscough; Miranda Bell; Angus Wright; Lewis Crutch; Mathew Plato; Billy Crudup; Charlie Condou; Victoria Scarborough; David Birkin; John Pierce Jones; Louise Vincent; Gillian Barge; Michael Mellinger; Carole Barbier; Françoise Heraut; Severine Bouche; Rosanna Lavelle; Anton Lesser; John Hug; Helen McCrory; John Benfield; Robert Shannon; Michael Gambon; Ron Cook; John Bennett; Mathias Jung; Jean-Pierre Roane; Jack Shepherd;
Box Office USD 668,140
Release Date 2001-12-17 (premiere) 2001-12-28 (Los Angeles, California) 2001-12-28 (New York City, New York)
Genres Drama; War; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for some war related violence, sensuality and brief
strong language.