Movie
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Overview
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-04-19
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Blueprint Pictures, The Mazur Kaplan Company, StudioCanal
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lily James as Juliet Ashton
- Jessica Brown Findlay as Elizabeth McKenna
- Matthew Goode as Sidney Stark
- Michiel Huisman as Dawsey Adams
- Katherine Parkinson as Isola Pribby
- Glen Powell as Mark Reynolds
- Tom Courtenay as Eben Ramsey
- Kit Connor as Eli Ramsey
- Penelope Wilton as Amelia Maugery
- Bronagh Gallagher as Charlotte Stimple
- Bernice Stegers as Mrs. Burns
- Clive Merrison as Mr. Gilbert
Crew
- Mike Newell - Director
- Thomas Bezucha - Screenplay
- Don Roos - Screenplay
- Kevin Hood - Screenplay
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