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The Cinema and the Wind and Photography (1991)

Genre :

Runtime : 56M

Director : Hartmut Bitomsky

Synopsis

Essay film about the history of documentary films.

Actors

Crews

Hartmut Bitomsky
Hartmut Bitomsky
Director
Hartmut Bitomsky
Hartmut Bitomsky
Writer
Arthur W. Ahrweiler
Arthur W. Ahrweiler
Cinematography
Ann-Malen Witt
Ann-Malen Witt
Editor
Werner Dütsch
Werner Dütsch
Producer

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