The Hungry Stones

The Hungry Stones

1960 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Fantasy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, History

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.

Directed by Tapan Sinha · Written by Rabindranath Tagore

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