The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
May 12 1995
•2h 31m
•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.
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Hugh Grant
Reginald Anson
Tara Fitzgerald
Betty
Colm Meaney
Morgan the Goat
Ian McNeice
George Garrad
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