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Dark Night, Calcutta is a french film of genre Drama directed by Marin Karmitz with Maurice Garrel
Dark Night, Calcutta (1964)
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Add to a movie listNuit noire, Calcutta est un film français de court métrage réalisé par Marin Karmitz, sorti en 1964.
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À Calcutta, en Inde, un écrivain alcoolique est confronté à l'impuissance de la création.Actors
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