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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Clive ReesDirector
- Michael MorpurgoScreenplay
Cast
- Paul ScofieldThe Birdman
- David ThrelfallJack Jenkins
- Helen MirrenClemmie Jenkins
- Helen PearceGracie Jenkins
- Max RennieDaniel Pender
- David SuchetWill
- Jeremy KempMr. Wellbeloved
- John HallamTreve Pender
- Barbara EwingMary Pender
- Dexter FletcherBig Tim
- Nicholas JonesVicar
- Joanna BartholemewMiss Tregarthen
Stills
Themes
hermitislandbeachwhalecornwall, englandbased on children's book1910spuffin