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.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
“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.
Director
Peter Weir
Budget
460.0K
Revenue
5.1M
Status
Released
Production
McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation
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
Olga Dickie
Mrs. Fitzhubert
Dominic Guard
Michael Fitzhubert
John Jarratt
Albert Crundall
Frank Gunnell
Mr. Whitehead
Vivienne Graves
Pupil
Angela Bencini
Pupil
Melinda Cardwell
Pupil
Annabel Powrie
Pupil
Amanda White
Pupil
Lindy O'Connell
Pupil
Verity Smith
Pupil
Deborah Mullins
Pupil
Sue Jamieson
Pupil
Bernadette Bencini
Pupil
Barbara Lloyd
Pupil
Kay Taylor
Mrs. Bumpher
Garry McDonald
Const. Jones
Martin Vaughan
Ben Hussey
John Fegan
Doc. McKenzie
Video Gallery
Peter Weir on Picnic at Hanging Rock
Long Trailer
