Movie: The Snow Goose

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter

Fritha

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

Philip Rhayadar

Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden

Recruiting Officer

Freda Bamford
Freda Bamford

Postmistress

Noel Johnson
Noel Johnson

Naval Captain

William Marlowe
William Marlowe

Sailor

Ludmilla Nova
Ludmilla Nova

Jane

Declan Mulholland
Declan Mulholland

Poacher

Keith Smith
Keith Smith

Poacher

Julian Somers
Julian Somers

Jim

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama set amongst the striking scenery of the Essex salt marshes during the early years of WWII. A bearded Richard Harris leads the modest cast with his sensitive portrayal of tormented soul Philip Rhayader, a lonely misshapen man shunned by society but with a great love of life; Harris isnt overly bitter of his treatment and expresses his compassion through his paintings and love of the waterfowl that surround him. Harris is ably supported by the waiflike Jenny Agutter as Frith, who radiates the requisite amount of youthful innocence and naivety, and won a best supporting actress Emmy Award for her performance.

  • Release Date

    1971-11-15

  • Average

    7.333

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

A Jazzman's Blues
75%

A Jazzman's Blues(en)

2022-09-16

A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.

The Magic of Ordinary Days
73%

The Magic of Ordinary Days(en)

2005-01-30

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

Jude
63%

Jude(en)

1996-02-06

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.

Braveheart
79%

Braveheart(en)

1995-05-24

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Far from the Madding Crowd
70%

Far from the Madding Crowd(en)

2015-04-23

In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.

Private Peaceful
66%

Private Peaceful(en)

2012-10-12

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

The Last Rifleman
66%

The Last Rifleman(en)

2023-12-07

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

FX's A Christmas Carol
72%

FX's A Christmas Carol(en)

2019-12-19

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

An Officer and a Gentleman
70%

An Officer and a Gentleman(en)

1982-07-28

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Girl in the Box
67%

Girl in the Box(en)

2016-09-10

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

Rip in Time
68%

Rip in Time(en)

2022-05-22

Sarah is an organic farmer who meets a man named Rip Van Winkle Jr., who claims to be from 1787. Soon, she discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that might be just as crazy as his story.

Mansfield Park
61%

Mansfield Park(en)

2007-03-18

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

Rosewood
65%

Rosewood(en)

1997-02-21

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Love Finds You in Valentine
64%

Love Finds You in Valentine(en)

2016-02-14

Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.

The Young Lions
68%

The Young Lions(en)

1958-04-02

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

Christmas with Holly
63%

Christmas with Holly(en)

2012-12-09

After being dumped at the altar on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
76%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(en)

2008-12-25

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

The Sleeping Dictionary
65%

The Sleeping Dictionary(en)

2003-01-31

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

Wings
72%

Wings(en)

1927-08-12

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

Goodbye June
66%

Goodbye June(en)

2025-12-12

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Similar Movies

The Final Countdown
66%

The Final Countdown(en)

1980-01-31

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Thin Red Line
74%

The Thin Red Line(en)

1998-12-23

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

We Grown Now
66%

We Grown Now(en)

2024-04-19

In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

Flame & Citron
68%

Flame & Citron(da)

2008-03-25

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

Great Times
48%

Great Times(sk)

1979-01-19

The drama of the last days of the second world war through the eyes of children in rural areas.

The Sure Thing
65%

The Sure Thing(en)

1985-03-01

Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.

Europa Europa
72%

Europa Europa(de)

1990-11-14

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Treasure Planet
76%

Treasure Planet(en)

2002-11-26

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
77%

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron(en)

2002-05-24

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

Sleep Sweet, My Darling
68%

Sleep Sweet, My Darling(hr)

2005-07-22

A bittersweet coming of age of Tomica Skrinjar, starting at the tail end of World War II in 1945.

The Last of the Mohicans
74%

The Last of the Mohicans(en)

1992-08-26

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.

Before the Fall
70%

Before the Fall(de)

2004-07-04

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.

Martha Liebermann
65%

Martha Liebermann(de)

2022-06-01

Berlin, 1943, during World War II. Martha Liebermann, an elderly upper-class Jewish woman, faces the decision of her life: should the widow of the world-famous and revered painter Max Liebermann continue to try to obtain an exit permit from the Nazis or, with the help of a resistance group, should she flee to Switzerland?

Anna
70%

Anna(cn)

1955-11-30

Though her marriage with rich businessman Chan Hak-lit is crumbling, Anna Poon refuses to accept her childhood sweetheart Wong Kei-shu's courtship. Anna's younger sister Mei-na has a crush on Shu and treats Lee Man coldly. When she sees Anna being with Shu, she taunts Anna with stealing who she likes. Anna is hurt and goes back to Chan's house. Chan holds a house party and invites business celebrities. Shu attends it and when tells Anna he loves her when they dance. Anna rejects him and tells him never to see her again. Chan goes to the racecourse. When Shu falls down from a horse, Anna faints. Chan asks Anna what her relationship with Shu is. He warns her not to have any wrongdoing and ruin his reputation. Shu is fine and asks Anna to meet for the last time. Anna cannot turn down him and goes to meets him. Lit miscomprehends the situation and files a divorce. He even forbids Anna to see their daughter. A distressed Anna becomes a victim of love in a conservative society.

Black Book
75%

Black Book(nl)

2006-09-14

Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In September 1944, Rachel's hiding place is bombed by Allied troops; she makes contact with a resistance member and joins a group of Jews to be smuggled across the Biesbosch to the freed South Netherlands. Only Rachel escapes a massacre by patrol Germans, and is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers, whose son is captured trying to smuggle weapons. Kuipers asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze, a mission that she will soon learn that the boat attack wasn't a coincidence.

The Truck
0%

The Truck(en)

2024-08-29

Against the simmering anxieties of post-Roe America, a Chinese-American teenager and her boyfriend attempt to buy the morning-after pill in a small town where reproductive rights are contested and quietly policed.

The Toth Family
69%

The Toth Family(hu)

1969-11-29

The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the Toths go overboard trying to make things pleasant for the visiting major in hopes of an easier life for their son the soldier.

The Saragossa Manuscript
78%

The Saragossa Manuscript(pl)

1966-02-27

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

The Eternal Sea
66%

The Eternal Sea(en)

1955-04-19

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.