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- ↑ Päivän elokuvia. Tv-maailma 45/2011, p. 17.
- 1 2 Römpötti, Harri: Kultakutri ja kolme sovinistikarhua. Helsingin Sanomat 15 November 2011, p. D 5.
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- ↑ Suomen kansallisfilmografia 3, p. 324.
- 1 2 Suomen kansallisfilmografia 3, p. 327.
- ↑ Suomen kansallisfilmografia 3, pp. 326–327.