On the Black Hill

On the Black Hill

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1988-09-12
Genre:Drama
Duration:117 min
Director:Andrew Grieve
Actors:Mike Gwilym, Robert Gwilym, Bob Peck, Gemma Jones, Jack Walters
Production:BFI, British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films

Overview:

The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.

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