The Railway Children: Film Guide
A film guide that looks at The Railway Children (1970), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
1 ppt
Fri 15 Nov 2024
09:30 - 10:50
Electric Palace, Harwich, Kings Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3DD, England
FREE
7–11
Adapted from the classic children's novel by Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children is set in 1904, when three children from London move to the countryside after their father is falsely imprisoned. Faced with a change in lifestyle in rural Yorkshire, they find comfort in watching the trains go by. As they make friends in the community, they learn valuable lessons about dignity, bravery and resourcefulness. With an optimism that proves infectious, they never give up hope of freeing their father.
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The Railway Children
Adapted from the classic children’s novel by Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children is set in 1904, when three children from London move to the countryside after their father is falsely imprisoned. Faced with a change in lifestyle in rural Yorkshire, they find comfort in watching the trains go by. As they make friends in the community, they learn valuable lessons about dignity, bravery and resourcefulness. With an optimism that proves infectious, they never give up hope of freeing their father.
Contains scenes of children in danger.
Lionel Jeffries
1970
United Kingdom / Northern Europe - General
English
106 minutes
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