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- 1 2 Rialto Film GmbH, Berlin - Die Welt des Kinos...von Edgar Wallace bis Loriot...von Otto Waalkes bis Winnetou
- 1 2 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/horst-wendlandt-642356.html
- ↑ Hake, Sabine German National Cinema p. 153 Routledge 2001
- ↑ Bergfelder, Tim International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Production 2006 Berghahn Books
