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The African Tale
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The African Tale

Jan 1, 1963
0h 15m
★ 0.0

Overview

A USSR animated short adapted from one of Jomo Kenyatta's fables.

Genres

Animation
Drama

Production Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

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Cast

Aleksey Konsovskiy

Narrator (voice)

Aleksey Konsovskiy

Sergei Tseits

Narrator (voice)

Sergei Tseits

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