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The Soldier's Tale(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-01-01
65%
8 Votes
Time: 0h 51m
Overview:
A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
R.O. Blechman Inc.
Movie: The Soldier's Tale
Top 6 Billed Cast
Max von Sydow
The Devil (voice)
Dušan Makavejev
Ilya Grigorivich Vertov, The Soldier (voice)
Andre Gregory
Narrator (voice)
Галина Панова
The Princess (voice)
Theodore Gottlieb
The Drill Sergeant / The Herald (voice)
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