When the Whales Came

March 28, 1989•1h 40m•★ 6.4

Drama

“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.

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Director

Clive Rees

Writers

Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo