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Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.

19757.21h 47m

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.

Directed by Peter Weir
Written by Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green
Produced by Jim McElroy, Hal McElroy
Box OfficeBudget: $460KRevenue: $5.1M

Top Cast

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Appleyard

Vivean Gray

Vivean Gray

Miss Greta McCraw

Helen Morse

Helen Morse

Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers

Kirsty Child

Kirsty Child

Miss Dora Lumley

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Tom

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Minnie

Anne-Louise Lambert

Anne-Louise Lambert

Miranda St. Clare

Karen Robson

Karen Robson

Irma Leopold

Jane Vallis

Jane Vallis

Marion Quade

C

Christine Schuler

Edith Horton

Themes & Keywords

australiabased on novel or bookorphanagegirls' boarding schoolbased on true storycoming of agehanging rockatmosphericvalentine's daymysterious1900smysterious disappearance

About Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a drama, mystery film released in 1975 exploring themes of australia, based on novel or book, orphanage, girls' boarding school, based on true story, coming of age. Directed by Peter Weir, it stars Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse. 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.

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