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Wodehouse in Exile

  • TV Movie
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
367
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Tim Pigott-Smith in Wodehouse in Exile (2013)
Drama

An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of ... Read allAn all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, became an exile from his own country and never set foot on English soi... Read allAn all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, became an exile from his own country and never set foot on English soil again.

  • Director
    • Tim Fywell
  • Writer
    • Nigel Williams
  • Stars
    • Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Zoë Wanamaker
    • Curran McKay
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    367
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tim Fywell
    • Writer
      • Nigel Williams
    • Stars
      • Tim Pigott-Smith
      • Zoë Wanamaker
      • Curran McKay
    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Tim Pigott-Smith
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    • P. G. Wodehouse
    Zoë Wanamaker
    Zoë Wanamaker
    • Ethel Wodehouse
    Curran McKay
    • German Soldier
    Simon Coury
    • Algy
    Robert Cooper
    Robert Cooper
    • Arthur Grant
    Paul Ritter
    Paul Ritter
    • Mackintosh
    Flora Montgomery
    Flora Montgomery
    • Leonora Cazalet
    Paul Mallon
    Paul Mallon
    • Peter Cazalet
    Niall Cusack
    • Buchelt
    Kevin Trainor
    Kevin Trainor
    • Reynolds
    Conor Grimes
    Conor Grimes
    • Gestapo Man
    Damien Hannaway
    Damien Hannaway
    • Angus Thuermer
    Richard Dormer
    Richard Dormer
    • Werner Plack
    Faolan Morgan
    • German Sergeant
    Conor Mullen
    • Paul Schmidt
    Dermott Hickson
    Dermott Hickson
    • German Officer
    Patrick FitzSymons
    • Alfred Duff Cooper
    • (as Patrick Fitzsymons)
    Conor Morrison
    • Assistant
    • Director
      • Tim Fywell
    • Writer
      • Nigel Williams
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    10alzomo-58674

    Fantastic acting

    One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. What others have criticized as "cardboard, cartoonish and lifeless," I find as being consistent with characters being presented. An innocent man/child in a bewilderingly serious world he is not part of and can only marginally relate to.

    Whether this characterization is accurate to the real man is almost irrelevant. The world is a dark place and the only way he can relate to it is by jokes and the only way he can cope is by describing its absurdities.
    10ekelks-2

    Simple and sad

    Hugely disagree with the one other reviewer on this site. That Wodehouse was too innocent to understand how the Nazis were using him also explains why he didn't blink an eye at Macintosh's anti-Semitic doings. Wodehouse was sequestered from the war by the Nazis. How was he to know what was happening? Absurd critique. And the movie is paced well, not too fast, certainly not too slow. Pigott-Smith is wonderful as Wodehouse, Zoe Wanamaker brilliant as his beloved, not-so-easily fooled wife. Julian Rhind-Tutt plays Malcolm Muggeridge, PUNCH editor, satirist, and Guardian writer. Flora Montgomery, once Ireland's EFP's Shooting Star, is lovely as Leonora, Wodehouse's (step)-daughter.
    10spidargirl

    No not boring.

    We are old enough to remember Malcolm Muggeridge and were amazed to see his part in this film based on fact. You need to Google him and Wodehouse to find background to the film if your under 75 and know nothing about P. G. Great acting by all involved.

    Mrs Wodehouse ( Zoe Wanamaker) had some wonderful costumes Where did she get the coupons?

    Another thing to Google if you haven't heard how they contributed to the war effort.
    3madfashionista

    Plodding

    This is an excellent class trying vainly to work with material that's almost a parody. Exposition dumps aplenty. Plus, Wodehouse was definitely cloistered but not as unworldly as this movie portrays him. He was anti-Semitic and aware of the businesses of theater and publishing. However all Wodehouse did for most of his life was sequester himself and write. I enjoyed Wodehouse reading his work to his fellow prisoners.
    1susansundaisy

    What a waste

    It looks good and it's got great actors but it's just so boring!

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      Malcolm Muggeridge only attained the rank of Captain by the end of the war yet here he is a Major. But officers in the Intelligence Corps were sometimes known to have worked under a different name or rank.

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    • Release date
      • March 25, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wodehouse In Exile
    • Filming locations
      • Northern Ireland, UK
    • Production company
      • Great Meadow Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 22m(82 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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