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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
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El cementerio de los elefantes
Duration: 0 h 17 m | 1973
An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.
Drama
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