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Secrets of the City

Secrets of the City

1955 · 88 min · ★ 8.5 · Drama

An industrial plant gets into difficulties. The factory owner then decides to sell the company and makes all the employees redundant. How do the dismissed employees deal with the new situation?

Directed by Fritz Kortner · Written by Curt Johannes Braun

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