Three Quarters of the Sun

Three Quarters of the Sun

1959 · 94 min · ★ 8.3 · Drama

A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.

Directed by Jože Babič · Written by Leopold Lahola

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