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- ↑ Comas, Àngel (1 January 2005). Diccionari de llargmetratges: el cinema a Catalunya durant la Segona República, la Guerra Civil i el franquisme, (1930-1975). Cossetània Edicions. p. 64. ISBN 978-84-9791-096-5.
