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A Waltz Through the Hills (1988)

A Waltz Through the Hills poster
Directed by
Frank Arnold
Genre
adventure film
Country
Australia
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two orphaned children run away from their home in the Australian outback to reach Perth and sail to England for their grandparents. Along the way they face challenges and rely on each other.

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What happens

A Waltz Through The Hills is a 1988 Australian-American made-for-television adventure drama film based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Glaskin. It is the story of two orphaned children who run away from their home in the Western Australia outback to go to Perth so they can sail to England to live with their grandparents. It was produced for the PBS series WonderWorks in the United States (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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