The Junk Shop (1965)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 31M
Director : Juraj Herz
Writer : Juraj Herz, Bohumil Hrabal
Synopsis
Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal's story about a man who works in a junk shop.
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