At the beginning of the Second World War, in an Essex fishing village, Fritha, a young orphan, finds a snow goose wounded by shotgun. At the same time, she gets to know Philip Rhayadar, a hunched back artist who lives a solitary life in an abandoned lighthouse in the marshlands. With his help Fritha manages to nurse the bird back to flight. A fairy tale into which tragedy smuggles the day Philip decides to come to the rescue of British soldiers caught in the trap of the Dunkirk battleā¦ |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 8.6/10 | |
Released: | November 15, 1971 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | BBC Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions Foote, Cone and Belding Productions | |
Cast: | Richard Harris Jenny Agutter Graham Crowden Freda Bamford | |
Crew: | Patrick Garland Paul Gallico | |
random000 : Do people actually want to know why the frog is a mystery or how it went blind. Piffle.