Picassos Friseur (2001)
Genre : Documentary, TV Movie
Runtime : 58M
Director : Felix Breisach, Monika Czernin
Synopsis
In 1948 Pablo Picasso met the hairdresser Eugenio Arias. Both were linked by the fate of emigration. If Picasso initially only had his hair cut by Arias, a deep friendship soon developed.
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