“Sredni Vashtar” by Saki (1940)

Name: “Sredni Vashtar” by Saki
Director: David Bradley
Genre: Based on, Short film
Released: 1940
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Mrs. Herbert Hyde, Reny Kidd, Lester Luther, Lucielle Powell

1940 · David Bradley · 12 min · United States of America

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David Bradley creates a faithfully suspenseful adaptation of a story by Saki which boasts an inadvertent post-modern attitude.

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