Top billed cast

1. 

   Carey Mulligan

   Edith Pretty

2. 

   Ralph Fiennes

   Basil Brown

3. 

   Lily James

   Peggy Piggott

4. 

   Johnny Flynn

   Rory Lomax

5. 

   Ben Chaplin

   Stuart Piggott

6. 

   Ken Stott

   Charles Phillips

7. 

   Archie Barnes

   Robert Pretty

8. 

   Monica Dolan

   May Brown

9. 

   Eamon Farren

   John Brailsford

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2021-08-05

The Dig reminded me of another movie about archaeology and which was not only also based on a true story but also involved a woman’s contribution to that scientific field. That other movie was Ammonite, about a woman archaeologist in a time when women were more than rare in that field of endeavor.

Unlike that character, however, Edith Pretty in The Dig does not do the work herself. Instead, her interest in archaeology and curiosity about the mounds on her property leads her to hire Basil Brown, a self-trained archaeologist, or “excavator,” as he refers to himself in the film.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• excavation
• single parent
• based on true story
• class differences
• archaeologist
• archaeological dig
• excavator
• 1930s
• suffolk, england
• widowed mother
• eve of world war ii
• ipswich