this be on tcm ( turner classic movie ) a few day ago and and after all the great comment i saw about this movie and i do not hesitate to tape it on dvd . it wasn not what i have expect in the least and and until dirk bogarde turn up and it quite an average movie . but it definitely do improve after that . the general gist of the film be that seven child who fear the orphanage bury their mother in the garden after she die of illness and so that no one will find out . for the next 30 minute and the film revolve around how the child survive on their own and and how they support each other ( one of these method be amothertime and where they have séances in the garden a they try to contact their dead mother ) . then dirk bogarde turn up and and he claim to be their father . most of the child take to him immediately and but the eldest doesn not and and this lead to all sort of complication for the family and lead up to the climax ( which be actually the best thing about this film ) . the film and when you look at it closely and be and in fact and quite good . it get a good storyline and good acting and and great scenery . if youre look for a horror flick and look elsewhere and but if youre look for a subtle and well acted melodrama and then look no further . definitely worth a viewing .