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directed by

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.Koepnick p.72 It was released in 1962.

References

Bibliography

* Lutz Peter Koepnick. ''The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present''. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

External links

* 1962 films East German films 1960s German-language films Films set in Berlin Films about composers Films directed by Gottfried Kolditz 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub