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Water Wrackets (1975)

Genre : Fantasy

Runtime : 12M

Director : Peter Greenaway

Synopsis

Multifarious images of a lake are overlaid with water effects and a narrated history of the campaigns fought by the fictional water-wracket army.

Actors

Colin Cantlie
Colin Cantlie
Narrator

Crews

Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Director
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Writer
Max Eastley
Max Eastley
Original Music Composer
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Director of Photography
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Editor

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