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Entrevue de Napoléon et du pape

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Mitterrand et la télé

Danton

La Révolution française

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Les Trois Mousquetaires : Tome II - La Vengeance de Milady

Hiroshima mon amour

Vatel

La Chambre verte

Le Pacte des loups

Paris brûle-t-il?

The Importance of Being Earnest

Flammen & Citronen

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The Blood of Others

The Lion in Winter

The Good Shepherd