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- ↑ "Roman einer jungen Ehe (Story of a Young Couple)". umass.edu. DEFA Film Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
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- ↑ Rollins, Peter C.; O'Connor, John E., eds. (2008). Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History . The University Press of Kentucky. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-8131-9191-1.
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