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Showing posts with label Director: Alexander Kluge. Show all posts
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Sunday, 15 November 2020

In Danger and Deep Distress, The Middleway Spells Certain Death (1974)

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Labels: 1970s, Avant-Garde/Experimental, City Symphony, Director: Alexander Kluge, Director: Edgar Reitz, Documentary, Drama, Essay Film
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