On Valentine's Day 1900, students from Appleyard College, a girls' private school in Victoria, Australia, embark on a picnic to Hanging Rock to celebrate St. Valentine, led by teachers Miss Greta McCraw and Mlle. de Po… See more

• Rachel Roberts as Mrs Appleyard
• Dominic Guard as Michael Fitzhubert
• Helen Morse as Mlle. de Poitiers
• Jacki Weaver as Minnie… See more

The novel was published in 1967. Reading it four years later, Patricia Lovell thought it would make a great film. She did not originally think of producing it herself until Phillip Adams suggested she try it; she optioned th… See more