When the Whales Came
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.
Release Date
March 28, 1989Runtime
100 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Clive ReesScreenplay by
Michael MorpurgoLanguage
EnglishBudget
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