Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

09/02/1975 (AU) • 1h 47m

Drama, Mystery

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Appleyard

Vivean Gray

Miss Greta McCraw

Helen Morse

Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers

Kirsty Child

Miss Dora Lumley

Anne-Louise Lambert

Miranda St. Clare

Karen Robson

Irma Leopold

Jane Vallis

Marion Quade


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$460,000.00

Revenue

$5,125,000.00

Keywords

australia

based on novel or book

orphanage

girls' boarding school

based on true story

coming of age

hanging rock

atmospheric

valentine's day

mysterious

1900s

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