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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.
- Michael Morpurgo
- 1985
Oct 20, 1989 · When the Whales Came: Directed by Clive Rees. With Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce. A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home.
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- Drama
- Clive Rees
- 1989-10-20
When a school of whales swam ashore, the inhabitants butchered them, bringing down upon their heads a series of disasters, diseases and wells that ran dry. Only one man ( Paul Scofield) remembers those events on Samson. He was a boy then, and he and his mother were the last to leave the island.
When the Whales Came. Children and an outcast old man (Paul Scofield) try to lift a British isle's curse by saving a stranded narwhal in 1914.
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- Clive Rees
- PG
- Paul Scofield
When the Whales Came. 1989. 1 hr 50 mins. Drama, Kids. PG. Watchlist. Lyrical tale, set in 1914, about a hermit who lives on a remote British island beset by a curse. Helen Mirren. Gracie:...
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.
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 narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
