When the Whales Came (1989)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama
Release: 1989-10-20
Director: Clive Rees
Writers: Michael Morpurgo
Language: English
Stars: Paul Scofield (I) (1922–2008) , David Threlfall , Helen Mirren , Helen Pearce , Max Rennie , Jeremy Kemp , John Hallam , Barbara Ewing , Dexter Fletcher , Nicholas Jones (I)
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: 3 wins
AKA: Kai atplaukia banginiai (Lithuania) , L'île aux baleines (France, French Republic) , When the Whales Came (United Kingdom) , Quando vennero le balene (Italy) , When the Whales Came (United States of America) , Da hvalerne kom (Denmark) , Salvem as Baleias (Brazil) , O Regresso das Baleias (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Cuando vuelvan las ballenas (Mexico) , När valarna kom... (Sweden) , When the Whales Came , Cuando vuelvan las ballenas (Spain) , Kun valaat tulivat (Finland) , Der Fluch der Wale
Plot: 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, World War I is making life hard in the village.
IMDB:tt0098638