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Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 short film, written, produced and directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the short story of the same name written by Hector Hugh Munro. The story concerns a slowly dying ten-year-old boy named Conradin, who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself, which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful, merciless god. The film won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
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- Director
- Andrew Birkin
- Written by
- Hector Hugh Munro, Andrew Birkin
- Produced by
- Andrew Birkin
- Editor
- Peter Hollywood
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 27m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (6 votes)
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (67 votes)
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