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- ↑ "Quebracho (Ricardo Wullicher 1972 Argentina)". RebelDeMule (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ↑ C. Jared Loewenstein (1993). A descriptive catalogue of the Jorge Luis Borges collection at the University of Virginia Library. University of Virginia Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8139-1333-0 . Retrieved 9 November 2010.
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- ↑ Cine Nacional: Ricardo Wullicher
- ↑ Ricardo Wullicher at IMDb
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