1989
6.4 (15 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
American Continental Corp.
Golden Swan
ITV Central
20th Century Fox
Golden Swan
ITV Central
20th Century Fox
When the Whales Came
A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Clive Rees
Screenplay: Michael Morpurgo
Director of Photography: Robert Paynter
Producer: Simon Channing Williams
