External links
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Timboektoe at IMDb
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| Timboektoe | |
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| Directed by | Tim ferket |
| Written by | Maria Peters |
| Starring | Bo Maerten Mees Peijnenburg Willem Voogd |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Timboektoe (English: Timbuktu) is a 2007 Dutch film based on a series of novels by Carry Slee. The film received the Golden Film after it had sold 100,000 cinema tickets.
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