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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.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Rachel RobertsMrs. Appleyard
Vivean GrayMiss Greta McCraw
Helen MorseMlle. Dianne de Poitiers
Kirsty ChildMiss Dora Lumley
Tony Llewellyn-JonesTom
Jacki WeaverMinnie
Anne-Louise LambertMiranda St. Clare
Karen RobsonIrma LeopoldCredits
- Directed by
- Peter Weir
- Written by
- Cliff Green, Joan Lindsay
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $460K
- Box office
- $5.1M
Production
- McElroy & McElroyAustralia
- Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd.
- British Empire Films Australia
Australian Film CommissionAustralia
South Australian Film CorporationAustralia
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