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The Writer
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The Writer

1988-01-01 · 12 min · Not rated

Animation · Fantasy

A medieval writer attracts the attention of Death itself while he writes his stories. Soon Death enters a tale he is creating and attempts to kill his main protagonist.

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Paul Driessen
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Netherlands
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