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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.

19956.31h 31m

Overview

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

Directed by Christopher Monger
Written by Ivor Monger, Christopher Monger, Elinor Day
Produced by Sarah Curtis, Paul Sarony, Scott Maitland
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Top Cast

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Reginald Anson

Tara Fitzgerald

Tara Fitzgerald

Betty

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Morgan the Goat

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

George Garrad

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Johnny Shellshocked

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Reverend Jones

T

Tudor Vaughan

Thomas Twp

H

Hugh Vaughan

Thomas Twp Two

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Williams the Petroleum

Robert Blythe

Robert Blythe

Ivor

Themes & Keywords

walesworld war ivillage1910scartographer

About The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of wales, world war i, village, 1910s, cartographer. Directed by Christopher Monger, it stars Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney. When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

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