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Seashell

Seashell

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Seashell

1975

0h 10m

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A modern and gloomy city of skyscrapers works to the rhythm of two pistons. Anonymous stenographers work in the dark offices, butchers deliver fresh meat and clerks, crammed into elevators, wander between the floors of the buildings.

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Directed by: Jerzy Kalina
Written by: Jerzy Kalina
Produced by: Magda Mazanowska-Barycz

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