The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. Then she learns the secret they are afraid to reveal.
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Released
- 2018
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States
Details
Release year: 2018
Storyline
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. Then she learns the secret they are afraid to reveal.
Top credits
Jessica Brown Findlay — Elizabeth McKenna
Tom Courtenay — Eben Ramsey
Michiel Huisman — Dawsey Adams
Katherine Parkinson — Isola Pribby
Did you know
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a historical fictional novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows that was published in 2008. The novel is set in 1946 and is composed of letters written from one character to another.
• During the credits, viewers listen in on a meeting of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The works referenced are: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Amelia Maugery (Dame Penelope Wilton)), Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Eben Ramsey (Sir Tom Courtenay) and Eli Ramsey (Kit Connor)), William Shakespeare's The Tempest (Dawsey Adams (Michiel Huisman) and Juliet Ashton (Lily James)), Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Isola Pribby (Katherine Parkinson)), Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (Sidney Stark (Matthew Goode)), and "The End" by A.A. Milne (Kit (Florence Keen)).
• When Juliet Ashton (Lily James) first meets the Society, and when they meet again the next time, Amelia Maugery (Dame Penelope Wilton) is wearing a brooch which says "Elizabeth" on her cardigan.