Special Trains (1972)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 16M

Director : Krsto Papić
Writer : Krsto Papić

Synopsis

The story of a group of Yugoslavian "guest-workers" on their train journey to Germany. At Munich's main station, they land up in a basement. When they register, their names are replaced by numbers.

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Krsto Papić
Krsto Papić
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Krsto Papić
Krsto Papić
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