A Gentle Spirit
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Krotká is a 1967 Slovak black-and-white produced by TV a psychological drama directed by Stanislav Barabas on based a short story A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Release Date
1967-01-01
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6.5
Rating:
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