The Snow Goose (1971)
- Directed by
- Patrick Garland
- Genre
- tv movie, history, drama, family, war, romance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lonely man living in an isolated lighthouse by the English coast nurses an injured goose back to health with the help of a young girl from a nearby village. Their quiet friendship grows against the backdrop of World War II and the evacuation of Dunkirk.
melancholicpoignantgentlequietnostalgicbittersweetintimateatmosphericrestrained
What happens
The Snow Goose is a 1971 British television drama film based on the 1941 novella The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk by Paul Gallico. It won a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Film and was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Production. It was also nominated for a nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Jenny Agutter for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama. The film was shown in the United States on 15 November 1971 as part of the anthology series Hallmark Hall of Fame. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Private Road (1971)
- Le cap perdu (1931)
- A Kiss is Just a Kiss (1971)
- Loving Memory (1971)
- Secrets (1971)
- Murphy's War (1971)
- Under Milk Wood (1971)
- The Raging Moon (1971)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…