Meetings In The Dark

Meetings In The Dark

1960 · 107 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.

Directed by Wanda Jakubowska · Written by Stanislawa Fleszarowa-Muskat

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