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About the Looking for and the Finding of Love (2005)

About the Looking for and the Finding of Love (2005)

Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe
105 minutes DE Comedy , Romance , Drama , Music
Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep themselves away from death.
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