Movie
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Overview
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-09-02
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Appleyard
- Vivean Gray as Miss Greta McCraw
- Helen Morse as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
- Kirsty Child as Miss Dora Lumley
- Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Tom
- Jacki Weaver as Minnie
- Anne-Louise Lambert as Miranda St. Clare
- Karen Robson as Irma Leopold
- Jane Vallis as Marion Quade
- Christine Schuler as Edith Horton
- Margaret Nelson as Sara Waybourne
- Ingrid Mason as Rosamund Swift
Crew
- Peter Weir - Director
- Cliff Green - Screenplay
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