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| Paprika | |
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| Directed by | Carl Boese |
| Written by | Oreste Biancoli Bobby E. Lüthge |
| Produced by | Ferruccio Biancini Viktor Klein |
| Starring | Vittorio De Sica |
| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Paprika is a 1933 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica. A German-language version Paprika and a French version Paprika were also made. [1]
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