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When the Whales Came(Movie, 1989)

1h 40min | Genre: Drama
When the Whales CameRating: 3.4/5 (with 55 votes) released 35 years ago
When the Whales Came is a 1989 British drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Helen Mirren, Paul Scofield, David Suchet, Barbara Jefford, David Threlfall, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, and Jeremy Kemp. It is based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael Morpurgo. The film is, like the book, set on Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly. ()
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About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Cornwall
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/28/1989

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