The Snow Goose (1971)
November 15, 1971Release Date
The Snow Goose (1971)
November 15, 1971Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jenny Agutter
Fritha
Richard Harris
Philip Rhayadar
Graham Crowden
Recruiting Officer
Freda Bamford
Postmistress
Noel Johnson
Naval Captain
William Marlowe
Sailor
Ludmilla Nova
Jane
Declan Mulholland
Poacher
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Release DateNovember 15, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h
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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. The film is primarily set in Essex, immediately prior to World War II and during the Dunkirk evacuation (1940). A reclusive lighthouse keeper (and amateur painter) takes care of an orphan girl and her wounded snow goose, until joining the rescue efforts for the British Expeditionary Force. When the lighthouse keeper is killed in the effort, the girl only manages to rescue one of his paintings. The others are destroyed by a German bombing.
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.