Movie: The Child of the High Seas

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    How had this floating street been formed? What sailors, with the aid of which architects, had built it in the high Atlantic on the surface of the sea?

  • Release Date

    1984-01-01

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    7.333

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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    Français
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