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| Location Africa | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Steff Gruber |
| Written by | Steff Gruber |
| Produced by | Steff Gruber Werner Herzog |
| Cinematography | Siegfried Meier |
| Edited by | Steff Gruber Beni Müller |
| Music by | Black Generation (Ghana) |
| Distributed by | Filmcoopi |
Release date | 1987 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Languages | English German |
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