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- "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved February 6, 2008.
- ↑ "PLOQUIN Raoul Edouard" . Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ↑ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
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