Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce, Max Rennie

A pair of children befriend an accentric 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...( read more  read more... ) who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

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PG, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Clive Rees

Release Date: October 20, 1989

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