When the Whales Came 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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Drama
Release Date

Mar 28, 1989

Duration: 1h 40 min

Popularity: 0.2369
15 votes
Directed by

Clive Rees

Screenplay by

Michael Morpurgo

Productions

American Continental Corp. Golden Swan ITV Central (GB)20th Century Fox (US)

Budget

Revenue: NA