The Visit(1989)
The author's interpretation of the story by F. M. Dostoevsky "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" using motifs from the stories by T. Mann "The Clown" and Leo Tolstoy "Notes of a Madman".
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The author's interpretation of the story by F. M. Dostoevsky "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" using motifs from the stories by T. Mann "The Clown" and Leo Tolstoy "Notes of a Madman".
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1989-09-08
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