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.
Cinematography
Golden hour Suffolk landscapes that ache with transience.
Acting
Fiennes' gruff vulnerability; Mulligan's restrained devastation.
Direction
Simon Stone finds epic scope in small, muddy moments.
Director
Simon Stone
Carey Mulligan
Edith Pretty
Ralph Fiennes
Basil Brown
Lily James
Peggy Piggott
Johnny Flynn
Rory Lomax
Ben Chaplin
Stuart Piggott
Ken Stott
Charles Phillips
Archie Barnes
Robert Pretty
Monica Dolan
May Brown
Eamon Farren
John Brailsford
Paul Ready
James Reid Moir
Peter McDonald
Guy Maynard
Danny Webb
John Grateley
Robert Wilfort
Billy Lyons
James Dryden
George Spooner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Sutton Hoo discovery was largely ignored by British museums for decades; Basil Brown was never professionally recognized in his lifetime.
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