

Dream
1988-01-01 · 11 min · ★ 5.9
Dream (1988) is a somnambulist short about dreams taking over reality and rendering protagonists inactive.
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- Directors
- Nina Shorina
- Production companies
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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