_**Several females suddenly go missing in southeast Australia in 1900**_ When the students & staff of a girl’s school outside Melbourne take an outing to Hanging Rock on Valentine’s Day in 1900, three girls and a teacher mysteriously go missing. What happened to them? Directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975) is an artsy psychological mystery that…
On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.
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 Cast
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Appleyard
Vivean Gray
Miss Greta McCraw
Helen Morse
Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers
Kirsty Child
Miss Dora Lumley
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Tom
Jacki Weaver
Minnie
Anne-Louise Lambert
Miranda St. Clare
Karen Robson
Irma Leopold
Jane Vallis
Marion Quade
Christine Schuler
Edith Horton
Margaret Nelson
Sara Waybourne
Ingrid Mason
Rosamund Swift
Jenny Lovell
Blanche Gifford
Janet Murray
Juliana
Wynn Roberts
Sgt. Bumpher
Peter Collingwood
Col. Fitzhubert
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What is Picnic at Hanging Rock about?
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…
When was Picnic at Hanging Rock released?
Picnic at Hanging Rock was released in 1975.
What genres does Picnic at Hanging Rock belong to?
Picnic at Hanging Rock is categorised as Drama, Mystery.
Who stars in Picnic at Hanging Rock?
The cast of Picnic at Hanging Rock includes Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Tony Llewellyn-Jones.