CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1979
The Patriotic Woman posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1979 2h 1m DEU

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Alexander von Eschwege

Hannelore Hoger

Gabi Teichert, Geschichtslehrerin

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

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