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A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Paul ScofieldThe Birdman
David ThrelfallJack Jenkins
Helen MirrenClemmie JenkinsHelen Pearce
Helen PearceGracie JenkinsMax Rennie
Max RennieDaniel Pender
David SuchetWill
Jeremy KempMr. Wellbeloved
John HallamTreve Pender
Barbara EwingMary Pender
Dexter FletcherBig Tim
Nicholas JonesVicarJoanna Bartholemew
Joanna BartholemewMiss TregarthenExplore the crew
- Director
- Clive Rees
- Screenplay
- Michael Morpurgo
- Producer
- Simon Channing Williams
- Director of Photography
- Robert Paynter