Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock ... Some were never to return.
Starring Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Directed by Peter Weir
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.
Runtime: 117 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: English,French
Countries: Australia
Genres: Drama,History,Horror,Mystery
Keywords: based on novel or book,trip,australia,orphanage,girls' boarding school,hanging rock,based on a true story,thriller,cult film,valentine's day,early 1900s,dreamy
Cast
Mrs. Appleyard
Miss Greta McCraw
Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
Miss Dora Lumley
Minnie
Miranda St. Clare
Irma Leopold
Marion Quade
Edith Horton
Sara Waybourne
Rosamund Swift
Blanche Gifford
Juliana
Sgt. Bumpher
Col. Fitzhubert
Mrs. Fitzhubert
Michael Fitzhubert
Albert Crundall