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German | Aufruhr in Damaskus |
Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
Written by | Jacob Geis Philipp Lothar Mayring Herbert Tjadens |
Produced by | Otto Lehmann |
Starring | Brigitte Horney Joachim Gottschalk Hans Nielsen Ernst von Klipstein |
Cinematography | Paul Rischke Oskar Schnirch |
Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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