A Short Vision

A Short Vision

1956•6m•6.6/10

AnimationWarHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(22)

The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.

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Production

BFI Experimental Film Fund

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

James McKechnie

James McKechnie

Commentator

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