Crucified Island

Crucified Island

1968 · 85 min · ★ 7.0 · Action, Drama, War

Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland

Directed by Shota Managadze · Written by Rezo Tabukashvili

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