The Dig

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MADE IN EAST ANGLIA

Features scenes filmed around Suffolk, including Thorpeness Beach, Shingle Street, and Snape.

In the late 1930s, wealthy landowner Edith Pretty hires amateur archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the mounds on her property in Sutton Hoo, England. He and his team discover a ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground.

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

Director

Simon Stone,

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James

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