
Shikse
1983-01-01 · 27 min · ★ 7.0
Presents the story of a relationship between the haunted son of Holocaust survivors and a gentile woman
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- Directors
- Lindy Laub
- Production companies
- UCLA School of Film and Television
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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