Picnic at Hanging Rock

Based On the book by Joan Lindsay

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay by Cliff Green, based on the 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community. Picnic at Hanging Rock was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of cinema.

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Release date:

August 8, 1975

Director:

Peter Weir

Cast:

Anne-Louise Lambert, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child

Genre:

Mystery, Drama

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

1975 in adaptations