The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
May 12, 1995 |
IMDB
6.3
91 minWatch Now
Drama, Comedy, Romance
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
Casts Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart, Kenneth Griffith, Tudor Vaughan, Hugh Vaughan, Robert Pugh, Robert Blythe
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