Teste di quoio

Teste di quoio

1981 · 87 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy

A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.

Directed by Giorgio Capitani · Written by Franco Marotta

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