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Grandma's Encyclopaedia

Grandma's Encyclopaedia

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Grandma's Encyclopaedia

1965

0h 7m

5.8(13 votes)

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A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. This first volume looks at the first three letters in Grandma's encyclopaedia: A for 'Automobile', B for 'Ballon', and C for 'Chemin de fer'.

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Directed by: Walerian Borowczyk
Written by: Walerian Borowczyk
Produced by: Jacques Forgeot

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