A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
Title | When the Whales Came |
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Year | 1989 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | American Continental Corp., Golden Swan, ITV Central |
Cast | Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie, David Suchet |
Crew | Clive Rees (Director), Michael Morpurgo (Novel), Michael Morpurgo (Screenplay), Simon Channing Williams (Producer), Christopher Gunning (Music), Robert Paynter (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | hermit, island, beach, whale, cornwall, england, based on children's book, 1910s, puffin |
Release | Mar 28, 1989 |
Runtime | 100 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.39 / 10 by 14 users |