When the Whales Came

Name: When the Whales Came
Director: Clive Rees
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-03-28
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie

“A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.”

1989

1h 40m

Drama

Director: Clive Rees

Writer: Michael Morpurgo

Overview

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.