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The Rocket Post is a 2004 British drama film directed by Stephen Whittaker and starring Ulrich Thomsen, Shauna Macdonald, Kevin McKidd and Patrick Malahide. It is set on a remote Scottish island during the late 1930s. The arrival of German rocket scientist Gerhard Zucker is not initially welcomed by the inhabitants of the island.
The film was shot in 2001, but its release was delayed by several years. Additional footage was shot in 2005, and the film was given a limited release in Scotland the following year.
The story is very loosely based on experiments in 1934 by the German inventor Gerhard Zucker to provide a postal service to the island of Scarp by rocket mail. Another fictionalised account of the experiment formed the basis of a 2001 film, also called The Rocket Post, which was filmed on Taransay. The film's original score was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi-Wills and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.
Original Release
05/13/2004
US Release
05/13/2004
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ulrich Thomsen | Gerhard Zucher |
Gary Lewis | Jimmy Roach |
Kevin McKidd | Thomas McKinnon |
Patrick Malahide | Charles Ilford |
Eddie Marsan | Heinz Dombrowsky |
Clive Russell | Angus MacKay |
Jimmy Yuill | James MacLeod |
Ian McNeice | Alex Miln |
John Wood | Sir Wilson Ramsay |
Niall Maclennan | James Maclellan |
Directors
Writers
James MacInnes, William Morrissey
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ulrich Thomsen | Gerhard Zucher |
Gary Lewis | Jimmy Roach |
Kevin McKidd | Thomas McKinnon |
Patrick Malahide | Charles Ilford |
Eddie Marsan | Heinz Dombrowsky |
Clive Russell | Angus MacKay |
Jimmy Yuill | James MacLeod |
Ian McNeice | Alex Miln |
John Wood | Sir Wilson Ramsay |
Niall Maclennan | James Maclellan |
Alasdair Maclennan | Paul Maclellan |
Tim Barlow | Hector McDougal |
Iain MacRae | Islander 1 |
Lewis Iain MacNeill | Islander 2 |
Ralph Riach | Old Donald |
Deirdre Davis | Christine Maclellan |
Brian Pettifer | Reverend Shand |
Roderic Culver | Captain Von Struge |
Malcolm Storry | Captain Kultz |
Hannah Tiffin | Maid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charlie Savill | Executive Producer |
Alison Barnett | Producer |
Tony Caplin | Producer |
Steve Clark-Hall | Producer |
Catherine Davies | Producer |
David Kennaway | Producer |
Mark Shorrock | Producer |