Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Dirty Dozen (1967). Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, the son of Lora Lawson and newspaper publisher Edward Burgess Aldrich. He was a grandson of U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller. He studied economics at the University of Virginia. In 1941, he dropped out of college for a $50-a-week job at RKO Radio Pictures. In doing so, he was also dropped by his family, losing a potential stake in Chase Bank he would have inherited. It's been said that "No American film director was born as wealthy as Aldrich—and then so thoroughly cut off from family money." He quickly rose in film production as an assistant director, and worked with Jean Renoir, Abraham Polonsky, Robert Rossen, Joseph Losey and Charlie Chaplin as an assistant on Limelight. He became a television director in the 1950s, directing his first feature film, Big Leaguer, in 1953. During the 1950s, Aldrich directed mostly action films like Apache and Vera Cruz with Burt Lancaster. Aldrich soon gained recognition as an auteur filmmaker, depicting his liberal humanist thematic vision in many genres, in films such as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), a film noir classic, The Big Knife (1955), an adaptation of Clifford Odets's play about Hollywood business, and Attack (1956), a WWII infantry combat film exploring how U.S. Army careerism determined who attacked and who ordered the attack. In the 1960s, he directed several commercially successful films, such as the gothic horror stories What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as spiteful sisters and faded child-actresses, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, with Bette Davis as a Southern woman who lives in a mansion and thinks she is going insane (both Joan Crawford and Davis were to appear, but Crawford left the film); the controversial The Killing of Sister George (1968); and the hugely popular war film The Dirty Dozen (1967). The success of The Dirty Dozen allowed him to establish his own production studio for some time, but several failures forced his return to conventionally commercial Hollywood films. Nevertheless, his humanism is evident in The Longest Yard (1974), about the rigged-game politics, and Ulzana's Raid (1972) an uncompromising film based on the real life break-out from an Indian reservation of a band led by chief Ulzana, the extreme violence and torture they exacted upon isolated pioneer families in the Arizona territory, and their pursuit by the US cavalry. From his marriage to Harriet Foster (1941–65), Robert Aldrich had four children, all of whom work in the film business: Adell, William, Alida and Kelly. Aldrich died of kidney failure on December 5, 1983 in a Los Angeles hospital. Film critic John Patterson summarized his career in 2012: "He was a punchy, caustic, macho and pessimistic director, who depicted corruption and evil unflinchingly, and pushed limits on violence throughout his career. His aggressive and pugnacious film-making style, often crass and crude, but never less than utterly vital and alive, warrants – and will richly reward – your immediate attention."

  • Popularita : 6.248
  • Známý jako : Directing
  • Narozeniny : 1918-08-09
  • Místo narození : Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
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  • 2006
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    Operation Dirty Dozen

    Operation Dirty Dozen

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  • 1951
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    The Big Night

    The Big Night

    6.9 1951 HD

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  • 2020
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    Charles Bronson

    7.6 2020 HD

    Jeden ze Sedmi statečných, představitel drsných hrdinů, muž se srdcem na správném místě... Věčně...

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  • 1967
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    Tucet špinavců

    Tucet špinavců

    7.6 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    Sladká Charlotte

    Sladká Charlotte

    7.2 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Sladká Charlotte

    Sladká Charlotte

    7.2 1964 HD

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  • 1962
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    Co se vlastně stalo s Baby Jane?

    Co se vlastně stalo s Baby Jane?

    7.919 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Let Fénixe

    Let Fénixe

    7.166 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Let Fénixe

    Let Fénixe

    7.166 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    Co se vlastně stalo s Baby Jane?

    Co se vlastně stalo s Baby Jane?

    7.919 1962 HD

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  • 1974
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    Nejtěžší yard

    Nejtěžší yard

    6.7 1974 HD

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  • 1975
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    Hustle

    Hustle

    5.7 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Hustle

    Hustle

    5.7 1975 HD

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  • 1981
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    ...All the Marbles

    ...All the Marbles

    6.2 1981 HD

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  • 1970
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    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    6.4 1970 HD

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    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    Příliš pozdní hrdina

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    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    6.4 1970 HD

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  • 1973
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    Vládce severní dráhy

    Vládce severní dráhy

    6.7 1973 HD

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  • 1959
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    Ten Seconds to Hell

    Ten Seconds to Hell

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Ten Seconds to Hell

    Ten Seconds to Hell

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Útok!

    Útok!

    6.7 1956 HD

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    Útok!

    Útok!

    6.7 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Vera Cruz

    Vera Cruz

    6.595 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    World for Ransom

    World for Ransom

    5 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    World for Ransom

    World for Ransom

    5 1954 HD

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  • 1972
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    Ulzanův nájezd

    Ulzanův nájezd

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  • 1962
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    Sodom and Gomorrah

    Sodom and Gomorrah

    5.4 1962 HD

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  • 1956
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    Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leaves

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Apač

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  • 1979
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    Rabín a zloděj

    Rabín a zloděj

    6.1 1979 HD

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  • 1961
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    Poslední západ slunce

    Poslední západ slunce

    6.8 1961 HD

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  • 1963
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    Čtyři z Texasu

    Čtyři z Texasu

    5.1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Čtyři z Texasu

    Čtyři z Texasu

    5.1 1963 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Big Knife

    The Big Knife

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Big Knife

    The Big Knife

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Líbej mě až k smrti

    Líbej mě až k smrti

    7.2 1955 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Choirboys

    The Choirboys

    5.3 1977 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Red Pony

    The Red Pony

    5.7 1949 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Killing of Sister George

    The Killing of Sister George

    6.3 1968 HD

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  • 1977
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    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    6.4 1977 HD

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  • 1969
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    Co se vlastně stalo tetě Alici?

    Co se vlastně stalo tetě Alici?

    6.2 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    Grissomova banda

    Grissomova banda

    6.7 1971 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    6.1 1968 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Angry Hills

    The Angry Hills

    4.5 1959 HD

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  • 1953
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    Big Leaguer

    Big Leaguer

    6.2 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Steel Trap

    The Steel Trap

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1948
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    So This Is New York

    So This Is New York

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    Joan of Paris

    Joan of Paris

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  • 1943
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    Bombardier

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    5.4 1943 HD

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  • 1950
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    Force of Evil

    Force of Evil

    6.5 1950 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Killing of Sister George

    The Killing of Sister George

    6.3 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    6.1 1968 HD

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  • 1959
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    Ten Seconds to Hell

    Ten Seconds to Hell

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1951
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    New Mexico

    New Mexico

    3.5 1951 HD

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  • 1957
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    Cesta zpátky

    Cesta zpátky

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1970
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    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    Příliš pozdní hrdina

    6.4 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    Grissomova banda

    Grissomova banda

    6.7 1971 HD

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  • 1947
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1955
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    Líbej mě až k smrti

    Líbej mě až k smrti

    7.2 1955 HD

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  • 1943
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    Gangway for Tomorrow

    Gangway for Tomorrow

    5.3 1943 HD

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  • 1949
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    Caught

    Caught

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1963
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    Čtyři z Texasu

    Čtyři z Texasu

    5.1 1963 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    6.3 1947 HD

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  • 1945
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    Pardon My Past

    Pardon My Past

    6 1945 HD

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  • 1948
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    No Minor Vices

    No Minor Vices

    6.8 1948 HD

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  • 1952
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    Světla ramp

    Světla ramp

    7.9 1952 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Prowler

    The Prowler

    6.8 1951 HD

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    M

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    6.3 1951 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Southerner

    The Southerner

    6.6 1945 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Falcon Takes Over

    The Falcon Takes Over

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Greatest Mother of 'em All

    The Greatest Mother of 'em All

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Big Street

    The Big Street

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

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    8 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

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    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

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    6.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

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    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    1 1970 HD

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