Tales About Children

Tales About Children

1965 · 74 min · ★ 7.5 · Family

Three small short stories, each of which was created by one of the famous Czechoslovak filmmakers of children's films: Magdalena, Fraud and Karp.

Directed by Milan Vošmik · Written by Jan Procházka

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