The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.

Directed by Alan Grint

Produced by Viacom Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

1987100 min7.7 / 10

A heartwarming Victorian-era tale of a lonely orphan girl who discovers healing and belonging through a magical garden and her connection to a melancholic uncle.

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.

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