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When the Whales Came

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

6.393 average rating
6.393
English / 100 MIN. / 1989

The Genres

The Synopsis

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 Cast

Paul ScofieldDavid ThrelfallHelen MirrenHelen PearceMax RennieDavid SuchetJeremy KempJohn HallamBarbara EwingDexter FletcherNicholas JonesJoanna BartholemewBarbara JeffordFergus Rees

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