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The Railway Children (2000)

The Railway Children poster
Directed by
Catherine Morshead
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
U
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three siblings move to the countryside after their father is taken away. They befriend a local railway porter and become part of the community.

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What happens

The Railway Children is a 2000 drama television film based on the 1906 novel by E. Nesbit. It was broadcast for the first time in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2000 (which was Easter Sunday). Shortly afterwards, it was shown in the United States on the series Masterpiece Theatre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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