Germaine Delbat
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 26, 1904
Deathday: April 24, 1988
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Prêtres interdits
1973-11-22
Prêtres interdits
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-11-22
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French Dressing
1964-04-10
French Dressing
Overview: A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-10
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Oscar
1967-10-11
Oscar
Overview: This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-10-11
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The Other One's Mug
1979-12-12
The Other One's Mug
Overview: Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a notorious criminal named Kraus has escaped from prison, Perrin panics and goes into hiding. His deputy, Constant, hires Perrin’s cousin, Gilbert, an actor who is a perfect double of Perrin, to replace him. What Gilbert does no know is that the killer Kraus is bumping off the people who were implicated in the affair for which he was arrested, and that Perrin is next on his list.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-12-12
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The Blood of Others
1984-08-25
The Blood of Others
Overview: In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-25
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Crime and Punishment
1971-01-20
Crime and Punishment
Overview: Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess. Part one of this epic adaption of the classic Russian novel.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-20
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Pasha
1968-03-14
Pasha
Overview: Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-03-14
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Woman in Chains
1968-11-20
Woman in Chains
Overview: Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-20
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Bilitis
1977-03-16
Bilitis
Overview: A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-16
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L'Hôtel de la plage
1978-01-11
L'Hôtel de la plage
Overview: Visitors young and old get up to fun antics and romance at a seaside hotel in Brittany, France.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-01-11
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Les Dieux du dimanche
1949-02-09
Les Dieux du dimanche
Overview: A soccer enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy marital life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame makes him vain and haughty and his marriage gets seriously affected. But the Second World War breaks out and Martin is drafted. Taken prisoner a few months later, he is sent to a camp. When he is released, he tries resume his career but his wounds hurt too much and he has to give in. But not soccer: he will now proudly train young shoots.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-02-09
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One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953-01-09
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Overview: Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-01-09
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L'Affaire Lourdes
1967-11-07
L'Affaire Lourdes
Overview: In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the small town. She is the only one to see the apparition of The Lady, every day. The villagers take sides, the notables try to stifle the affair. But crowds come from all over the country. Inspired by the true story of the Lourdes affair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-07
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Les Célibataires
1962-10-23
Les Célibataires
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-10-23
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The Son
1973-03-30
The Son
Overview: Ange leaves New York to fly to his native Corsica. His mother is dying and Ange, who was not present when his father died, wishes to be present at her death. In Corsica Ange finds his brother Baptiste who married Maria, the woman he loved. He finds out that his father was killed, but nobody wants to tell him the name of the killer. And finally he finds two killers expecting him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-30
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Une ténébreuse affaire
1975-07-09
Une ténébreuse affaire
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-07-09
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Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu
1971-12-22
Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu
Overview: An evocation, realistic and poetic at the same time, of Proust's work " in which he is locked up as in the room ". Halfway between the audiovisual adaptation and the portrait of the dandy and reclusive writer, all in black and white signed Claude Santelli, evoking the mystery, the intimate, and the fatality of existence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-12-22
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The Two Crocodiles
1987-10-14
The Two Crocodiles
Overview: Rene (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a small-time crook who tries to shake down storekeeper Emile (Jean Carmet) in this uneven and humorless comedy. Things change when Rene starts to fall for the terminally boring and provincial Emile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-14
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La Traversée de Paris
1956-10-26
La Traversée de Paris
Overview: Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-26
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A Woman in White
1965-04-28
A Woman in White
Overview: Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women's professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-28
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La Dame aux camélias
1953-11-06
La Dame aux camélias
Overview: Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the country. Tthe beginning of their idyll is like a dream but a short-lived one as their relationship is considered scandalous by Armand's family. During a secret visit to Marguerite, Armand's father convinces her to leave his son, which she does broken-heartedly but out of love for Armand. Her end will be doubly tragic; not only does she suffer from terminal tuberculosis but she is abandoned by everyone, including by Armand, who believes she has betrayed her. At long last, learning the truth, Armand rushes to her bedside and Marguerite has the joy to breathe her last in his arms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-06
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Que les hommes sont bêtes
1957-03-29
Que les hommes sont bêtes
Overview: Sylvie is a young cashier in a Montmartre café, "le bar des Philosophes", owned and run by Monsieur Marcel, a former safe cracker. One day, the pretty creature accepts to give a helping hand to two regulars, Francis and Josélito. But what the naive girl does not know is that the two men are gangsters and that they plan to steal 50 million francs deposited in the safe of Maître Roland Devert, a charming young notary. Actually things do not go according to plan all the more as a love story between the notary and Sylvie was not at all on the two gangsters' agenda.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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Fernand the Tramp
1957-08-13
Fernand the Tramp
Overview: The tramp Fernand and his dog Brigadier discover some extraordinary jewels in a bag lost in a ditch. Brigadier, who doesn't like being mistaken for a dog, doesn't believe in the authenticity of the jewels. Then, discovering the owner, he introduces Fernand to the big wide world. Ghislaine Lafont-Dubreuilh, the daughter of the found jewels, sure of her fiancé, whom she neglects, is only concerned with the tramp's future. Her introduction to politics, boxing and wrestling leads to as many failures for the tramp as successes for Fernand Raynaud in his repertoire. Finally, the tramp becomes chaplinesque, restoring the fiancé to his belle's heart and taking only the English chambermaid on the road.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-08-13
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The Hostage Gang
1973-02-01
The Hostage Gang
Overview: Barely out of the psychiatric hospital where he went to seek care, Gilbert Nodier commits several assaults to have some money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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L'Exécution
1961-01-29
L'Exécution
Overview: Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-01-29
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The Sword and the Balance
1963-02-01
The Sword and the Balance
Overview: Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Crime and Punishment
1971-01-20
Crime and Punishment
Overview: Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess. Part one of this epic adaption of the classic Russian novel.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-20
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Viper in the Fist
1971-03-16
Viper in the Fist
Overview: Jean, nicknamed Brasse-Bouillon, and his brother Ferdinand live with their paternal grandmother, who is responsible for their upbringing. But when their parents returned from Japan, they settled in Belle-Angerie and resumed their role with the children, while their grandmother had to leave for cousins. The boys soon come up against the contempt of their mother, Marthe. Faced with this shrew, whom he nicknamed "Folcoche" (a contraction of "madwoman" and "pig"), Jean decided to join the resistance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-03-16
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1984-07-27
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Overview: Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-27
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Night of Death!
1980-10-22
Night of Death!
Overview: When she takes up her new post at an eerie convalescent home deep in the French countryside, nurse Martine soon discovers that several missing co-workers may have fallen prey to an unspeakable evil rumored to roam the hallways at night. But as Martine looks deeper into the mystery, she suspects the home's aged residents know more about the menace than they let on.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-22
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Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur
1980-09-24
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-09-24
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Shéhérazade
1971-12-30
Shéhérazade
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-30
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The Paradise of Riches
1978-09-12
The Paradise of Riches
Overview: During a trip organized by a municipality to cheer up the loneliness of the elderly in summer, seven "little old men" visit Orly airport and decide to leave one day for Tahiti. Penniless, they get organized by living in the same apartment and stealing from stores to finance their future tropical adventure. But a private detective is on their trail, hired by the local shopkeepers who are fed up with the repeated petty thefts. The "gang" make him disappear and decide to leave for Tahiti.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-09-12
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La Marraine de Charley
1959-10-08
La Marraine de Charley
Overview: Living in cramped quarters with Charley, an architecture student, four of his friends force him to dress up as a woman and play the role of his own godmother in order to rent Mr. de Saint-Sevran's mansion at low prices. The result is a series of misunderstandings and comical situations that only end when the real godmother arrives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-10-08
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The Lebanese Mission
1956-09-12
The Lebanese Mission
Overview: In Lebanon, industrialist Hennequin, director of a French oil company, entrusts engineers Jean Domèvre, a Frenchman, and Mokhrir, a Lebanese, with the prospecting of an isolated region granted to him by Countess Athelstane Orloff. Their search remains fruitless until Mokhir reports the discovery of a uranium deposit, but disappears before Jean can identify the location. He goes to the Countess for help in finding Mokhir and surprises her when, due to financial difficulties, she is negotiating her concession with the Englishman Hobson, director of a rival company. Attracted by Jean, the Countess nevertheless gives him her preference and they set off together in search of Mokhir.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977-08-08
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Overview: A middle-aged man travels to France and is discouraged by the attitudes of the people concerning his native land until he meets and begins relationships with two lonely women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-08-08
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Last Known Address
1970-02-25
Last Known Address
Overview: Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-25
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Every Day Has Its Secret
1958-06-11
Every Day Has Its Secret
Overview: Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives in Paris to find her eminent ethnologist husband. She learns of his death in obscure circumstances, having remarried in the meantime. She sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding her husband's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-11
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The Sunday of Life
1967-01-13
The Sunday of Life
Overview: After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-01-13
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Lola Montès
1955-12-23
Lola Montès
Overview: Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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Goodbye Again
1961-05-23
Goodbye Again
Overview: Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-23
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A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
A Day to Remember
Overview: A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get involved in various adventures.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-10
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Trap for the Assassin
1966-06-15
Trap for the Assassin
Overview: An industrialist is falsely accused of murdering one of his creditors and, because he cannot reveal that it was his mistress who gave him the money needed to pay the debt, he is sentenced to life in prison. He escapes, makes a fortune, and, years later, discovers the real culprit.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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Love Is My Profession
1958-09-17
Love Is My Profession
Overview: Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-09-17
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Brigade Anti Gangs
1966-08-18
Brigade Anti Gangs
Overview: The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-08-18
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Rasputin
1954-07-19
Rasputin
Overview: Gregory Iefommovich Raspoutine is a monk with healing powers and a liking for debauchery who manages to insinuate himself into the court of the Romanoffs thanks to Princess Dikvona. Being the only person able to heal he son of Czar Nicolas II and Czarina Alexandra from his hemophilia, he becomes a very powerful man, which infuriates many.A group of nobles, determined to save the monarchy, start conspiring to murder him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-07-19
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Katia
1959-12-22
Katia
Overview: Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-22
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The Strange Madame X
1951-05-24
The Strange Madame X
Overview: Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-24
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Gigot
1962-11-01
Gigot
Overview: A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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The Truth
1960-11-02
The Truth
Overview: As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-02
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Histoire d'une fille de ferme
1973-06-16
Histoire d'une fille de ferme
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-06-16
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