Cars Without a Home (1959)
Overview
Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.416 |
Directed By
Jan Schmidt
Crew
Jan Schmidt
Ljuljana Lorencová
Zdeněk Slíva
Pavel Juráček
Ivan Rybák
Jan Schmidt
Alena Lysoňková
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