The Open window

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Pyramid

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Britt Leach, Cindy Eilbacher, Mary Wicks, Roslie Williams, Alan Caillou, William Beckley.

Description: An adaptation of the short story by Saki, in which a sickly, nervous man is told by the young girl of the country house he is visiting that the garden doors are kept open because her aunt, who lost her husband and brother in a hunting accident three years before, believes that the men will return at any moment.

Complete Record: Based on a story by Saki. Frampton Nuttle is a nervous, irresolute character. He retreats from closing a draughty window when Vera appears, twitches and trembles as she tells of the death of uncles, and retreats at the sight of these supposedly dead men suddenly arriving through open windows. Cast includes Britt Leach, Cindy Eilbacher, Mary Wicks, Roslie Williams, Alan Caillou, William Beckley. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary levels.