

The Dig
Nothing stays lost forever.
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.
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6.8/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- excavation
- single parent
- based on true story
- class differences
- archaeologist
- archaeological dig
- excavator
- 1930s
- suffolk, england
- widowed mother
- eve of world war ii
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1315 Jan 2021
- Digital / OTTPG-13Netflix29 Jan 2021
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT12ANetflix29 Jan 2021
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical (limited)PG14 Jan 2021
- Digital / OTTPGNetflix29 Jan 2021
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT14Netflix29 Jan 2021
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT12Netflix29 Jan 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT12Netflix29 Jan 2021
GreeceGR
- Digital / OTT13+Netflix29 Jan 2021
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT12Netflix29 Jan 2021
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT12Netflix29 Jan 2021
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT1629 Jan 2021
PortugalPT
- Digital / OTTM/12Netflix29 Jan 2024
RussiaRU
- Digital / OTTNetflix29 Jan 2021
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The Dig was released on 14 January 2021.
Audience reviews
2- M7/10
Manuel São Bento
7/15/2021
Before watching this film, I had absolutely no idea who Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes), Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan), or even Peggy Piggott (Lily James) were and what they did. As an engineer and a science enthusiast myself, I rarely struggle to find some sort of enjoyment in movies based on true stories about scientific discoveries, technological advancements, or impactful historical events. Therefore, despite a premi…
- P8/10
Peter McGinn
8/5/2021
The Dig reminded me of another movie about archaeology and which was not only also based on a true story but also involved a woman’s contribution to that scientific field. That other movie was Ammonite, about a woman archaeologist in a time when women were more than rare in that field of endeavor. Unlike that character, however, Edith Pretty in The Dig does not do the work herself. Instead, her interest in archaeo…
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