The Dig

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British film film historical drama film

The Dig is a 2021 British historical drama film, based on true events, that depicts the excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial site in England on the eve of World War II.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Dig (novel)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ film ⓘ historical drama film ⓘ
basedOn	Sutton Hoo treasure ⓘ surface form: Sutton Hoo excavation The Dig self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Dig (novel) true events ⓘ
character	Basil Brown ⓘ Edith Pretty ⓘ Peggy Preston ⓘ Rory Lomax ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Mike Eley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Simon Stone ⓘ
distributor	Netflix ⓘ
editedBy	Jon Harris ⓘ
filmingLocation	Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrey ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ historical drama ⓘ
hasTheme	class differences ⓘ heritage ⓘ mortality ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Sutton Hoo treasure ⓘ surface form: Sutton Hoo burial site excavation archaeology ⓘ
musicBy	Stefan Gregory ⓘ
narrativeFocus	relationship between landowner and excavator ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
platform	Netflix ⓘ
portrays	discovery of Anglo-Saxon ship burial ⓘ
producer	Ellie Wood ⓘ
productionCompany	Clerkenwell Films ⓘ Magnolia Mae Films ⓘ
releaseDate	2021-01-15 ⓘ
releaseYear	2021 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	112 ⓘ
screenwriter	Moira Buffini ⓘ
settingCountry	England ⓘ
settingLocation	Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Sutton Hoo treasure ⓘ surface form: Sutton Hoo
settingPeriod	eve of World War II ⓘ
star	Ben Chaplin ⓘ Carey Mulligan ⓘ Johnny Flynn ⓘ Ken Stott ⓘ Lily James ⓘ Monica Dolan ⓘ Ralph Fiennes ⓘ

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The Dig → basedOn → The Dig self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Dig (novel)

Iain Canning → notableWork → The Dig ⓘ