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Directed by Wim Wenders

The Island

26m

Directed by Wim Wenders • 1974 • Germany
Starring Lisa Kreuzer, Katja Wulff, Nicolas Brieger

This short film made for television traces the relationship that develops between a troubled, introverted young girl obsessed with the crocodiles at the zoo and the teacher who attempts to reach out to her.

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