The Dig
Nothing stays lost forever.
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(1.4K votes)
Overview
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
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Made on a $15M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel The Dig
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Setting
Set in Suffolk
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mike Eley
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Moira BuffiniScreenplay
- John PrestonNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 14, 2021
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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Cast
Carey MulliganEdith Pretty
Ralph FiennesBasil Brown
Lily JamesPeggy Piggott
Johnny FlynnRory Lomax
Ben ChaplinStuart Piggott
Ken StottCharles Phillips
Archie BarnesRobert Pretty
Monica DolanMay Brown
Eamon FarrenJohn Brailsford
Paul ReadyJames Reid Moir
Peter McDonaldGuy Maynard- Stephen WorrallFerryman
Danny WebbJohn Grateley
Robert WilfortBilly Lyons
James DrydenGeorge Spooner
Joe HurstJohn Jacobs
Christopher GodwinDr Parry
Ellie PiercyMrs Lyons
Bronwyn JamesEllen Mckenzie- Des KaliszewskiBarge Skipper
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