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In Darkness ()

W ciemnosci (original title)
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A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.

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Cast

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Leopold Socha
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Mundek Margulies
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Klara Keller
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Paulina Chiger
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Ignacy Chiger
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Yanek Weiss
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Chaja
Jerzy Walczak ...
Jacob Berestycki
Oliwer Stanczak ...
Pawel Chiger
Milla Bankowicz ...
Krystyna Chiger
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Szczepek
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Wanda Socha
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Szlomo Landsberg (as Olek Mincer)
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Icek Frenkiel
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Mania Keller
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Bortnik
Zofia Pieczynska ...
Stefcia Socha
Etl Szyc ...
Szona Grossman
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Young Woman with Child
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Sawicki
Ida Lozinska ...
Rachela Grossman
Mania Lozinska ...
Teenage Boy Sister
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Bystander #1
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Girl - Robbery
Vito Hanne ...
Boy - Robbery
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German Soldier
Laura Lo Zito ...
Irena
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Ukranian Militiaman
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Woman Vendor
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Young German Soldier
Maciej Wieckowski ...
Priest
Alexandre Levit ...
Kovalev
Frank-Michael Köbe ...
Wilhaus (as Frank Köbe)
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Janowssa SS Man
Anton Levit ...
Max - Ukranian Officer
Benjamin Höppner ...
SS Mining Officer
Ryszard Mosingiewicz ...
Old Man
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Teenage Boy
Dorota Paciarelli ...
Woman Vendor (as Dorota M. Pacciarelli)
Aniela Nykowska ...
Anielka
Wolfgang Boos ...
Officer
Benedikt Crisand ...
Daniel
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Nowak (uncredited)

Directed by

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Agnieszka Holland

Written by

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Robert Marshall ... (book "In the Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust")
 
David F. Shamoon ... ()

Produced by

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Andrzej Besztak ... line producer
Leander Carell ... producer
Wojciech Danowski ... executive producer
Marc-Daniel Dichant ... line producer (uncredited) / producer
Christoph Fisser ... executive producer
Anna Maria Jetel ... executive producer (as Anna Maria Zündel)
Eric Jordan ... producer
Patrick Knippel ... producer
Juliusz Machulski ... producer
Steffen Reuter ... producer
David F. Shamoon ... executive producer
Paul Stephens ... producer
Charlie Woebcken ... executive producer (as Dr. Carl Woebken)

Music by

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Antoni Lazarkiewicz ... (as Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz)

Cinematography by

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Jolanta Dylewska ... director of photography

Editing by

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Michal Czarnecki ... (as Mike Czarnecki)

Editorial Department

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Mariona Solé' Aizas ... post-production trainee
Matthias Albrecht ... on-line conformer
Anne Georgi ... post-production trainee
Stefan Gräfe ... assistant editor
Sebastian Göhs ... digital color grader
Andreas Helm ... film scanner
Adam Kaluski ... assistant editor
Ute Lingner ... film lab manager
Stefan List ... assistant editor
Goran Mikic ... colorist: dailies
Stefan Müller ... film lab managing director
Sandra Neundorf ... digital lab supervisor
Ruth Raatz ... color timer
Steffen Reuter ... post-production coordinator
Paul Stephens ... post-production coordinator
Jim Wehse ... assistant editor
Christian Zipperle ... assistant post-production coordinator
Xavier Agudo ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Alexander Schönauer ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Heta Mantscheff
Weronika Migon

Production Design by

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Erwin Prib

Art Direction by

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Marcel Slawinski
Katarzyna Sobanska

Set Decoration by

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Mark Rosinski ... (as Marc Rosinski)

Costume Design by

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Jagna Janicka
Katarzyna Lewinska

Makeup Department

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Jolanta Grzelak ... makeup artist
Mandula Hilf ... makeup artist
Janusz Kaleja ... makeup artist
Kinga Krulikowska ... makeup artist
Noura Leder ... makeup artist
Jana Lindner ... makeup artist (as Jana Schulze)

Production Management

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Bianca Beydoun ... assistant production manager
Lena Bretschneider ... unit production manager
Martin Cichy ... production manager: preproduction
Marta Dziomdziora ... assistant production manager
Tobias Hofmann ... set manager
Stefan Hübert ... set manager
Leila Kessler ... production manager
Jerzy Mizak ... unit production manager
Marc Remmert ... assistant set manager
Alexander Ullmann ... assistant set manager
Jösef Zapala ... set manager: second unit
Ivar Beer ... manager: digital production (uncredited)
Markus Bäuerle ... post-production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kasia Adamik ... second unit director
Maciej Besztak ... third assistant director
Olga Chajdas ... first assistant director
David Forsyth ... second assistant director
Hubert Koprowicz ... first assistant director: second unit
Roksana Kotulla ... third assistant director
Daniel Murphy ... first assistant director (as Daniel J. Murphy)
Francesco Paciarelli ... third assistant director
Aleksandra Wadolowska-Muczko ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Kasia Adamik ... storyboard artist
Britta Albert ... assistant set decorator: Eastnor Castle
Anna Anosowicz ... assistant art director / design associate
Hubert Bock ... head set dresser (as Hubert Böck)
Frank Braun ... carpenter
Hanko Böttcher ... carpenter
Peter Frenzel ... carpenter
Sergio González Kuhn ... creative director / main poster design
Jan Greiner ... carpenter
Knut Greiner ... head of construction
Joris Hamann ... art director: Germany
Lothar Heinert ... set construction manager
Frank Herzog ... draftsman
Maik Hommel ... carpenter
Philipp Hübner ... carpenter (as Paul Philipp Hübner)
Ulli Isfort ... property master (as Uli Isfort)
Ralf Jagnow ... carpenter
Sven Kastanovicz ... carpenter (as Sven Kastanowicz)
Ralf Kirchhof ... carpenter (as Ralf Hirchhoff)
Edgar Konkoll ... painter
Olaf Krug ... carpenter
Heiko Krummrich ... carpenter
Hardy Krüger ... carpenter
Robert Krüger ... carpenter (as Robby Krüger)
Attila Krüziu ... first set dresser
Sarag Kuhnt ... set decorator trainee
Niels Müller ... art director: studio set
Michal Pietrzak ... assistant art director
Stanislaw Porczyk ... assistant art director
Matthias Prange ... stand-by carpenter
Ulrike Prib ... painter
Dominik Reindl ... painter
Michael Rhodes ... carpenter
Andrzej Rychtarczyk ... set construction manager
Tobias Schroeter ... sculptor
Maik Seemann ... head carpenter
Thomas Specht ... carpenter
Dirk Strunk ... carpenter
David Thummerer ... on-set property master
Norman Uminski ... carpenter
Ralf Urmoneit ... carpenter
Beatrice Wieczorek ... sculptor
Axel Wieczorkowski ... carpenter
Dariusz Wlodarczyk ... on-set property master
Wolfgang Wrede ... head painter / hod painter
Dirk Wunderlich ... painter
Jan Wünsche ... swing gang
Detlef Zillich ... carpenter (as Detlev Zillich)
Eryk Roman Zuberek ... property master (as Eryk Zuberek)

Sound Department

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Rafal Bank ... boom operator
Matthew Chan ... re-recording mixer
Rolando Duque ... boom operator
Oren Edenson ... picture preparation and technical support
Jacek Filipczyk ... boom operator
Robert Fletcher ... location sound recordist
Heather Fraser ... assistant sound editor
Stefan Fraticelli ... foley artist
Leszek Freund ... sound operator
Jan Grabos ... adr and dubbing editor
Carlos Herrera ... sound mixing facility manager: Theatre D Digital
Rob Hutchins ... adr editor
Agnieszka Kolodziejczyk ... adr and dubbing production manager
Jakub Lenarczyk ... adr recording supervisor
Douglas Lunn ... boom operator
Jeremy MacLaverty ... sound designer / sound effects editor
Aneta Michalczyk ... adr and dubbing recordist: Falana
Dan Peel ... sound mixing facility manager: Theatre D Digital
Daniel Pellerin ... re-recording mixer / sound design supervisor
Geoff Raffan ... sound designer / sound effects editor
Jennifer Renaud ... sound studio coordinator
Trent Richmond ... foley editor
Christian Riegel ... adr and dubbing recordist: Tonbüro / sound recordist
Jan Rudy ... dialogue editor
Jürgen Schulz ... adr technician: Tonbüro
John Sievert ... foley artist
James Mark Stewart ... sound designer
Randy Wilson ... foley recordist
Christin Zippel ... adr coordinator: Tonbüro
Alexander Åslund ... sound studio mixing assistant (as Alex Aslund)
Ryan Lukasik ... foley assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Christian Bierling ... senior special effects technician
Darius Cicenas ... special effects assistant
Stefan Dotterweich ... special effects technician
Jens Döldissen ... special effects (as Jens Doeldissin)
Max Gretmann ... special effects technician
Stefan Langel ... special effects technician
Arkadiusz Rosczak ... special effects (as Arek Rosczak)
Helge Talkenberger ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Matthias Albrecht ... digital film editor
Christel Brunn ... visual effects producer: TVT .Film+Vfx
Kay Delventhal ... visual effects set supervisor: TVT .Film+Vfx
Erich Eder ... visual effects set supervisor: TVT .Film+Vfx
Martin Gessner ... digital effects supervisor: Upstart! Media
Peter Rech ... visual effects artist
Michael Roos ... visual effects artist
Korbinian Vogel ... visual effects artist
Michael Wagner ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Jan Baranski ... stunt double
Marcin Drabicki ... stunt double
Kristoffer Fuss ... stunt double
Pawel Grzybczyk ... stunt double
Fred Hady ... stunt rigger
Damian Jablonski ... stunt double
Jacek Kadlubowski ... stunt double
Pawel Latos ... stunt double
René Lay ... stunt coordinator: Double Action
Uwe Mansshardt ... stunt double
Zbigniew Modej ... stunt coordinator
Jaroslaw Nowikowski ... stunt double
Jason Oettle ... stunt rigger
Miroslaw Pisarek ... stunt double
Marcin Popek ... stunt double
Daniela Stein ... assistant stunt coordinator
Maja Zupok ... stunt double
Józef Stefanski ... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Adam Bajerski ... director of photography: second unit
Pawel Budzisz ... electrician
Jasmin Marla Dichant ... still photographer
Andrzej Glacel ... steadicam operator
Daniel Goldmann ... camera assistant
Andreas Grassmann ... light department: Cinegate
Jerzy Grzywacz ... gaffer
Zbigniew Gustowski ... camera assistant
Kai Habermann ... camera and light managing director: Cinbegate
Gósta Hess ... camera department: Cinegate
Benjamin Hirlinger ... electrician
Martin Jahnke ... electrician
Marek Jaworski ... camera assistant
Jakub Jedrzejewski ... video assistant (as Jakub Jedrzeijewski)
Tomasz Karnowski ... steadicam operator
Jakub Kijowski ... camera operator
Pawel Kincel ... focus puller: second unit
Tobias Kownatzki ... first assistant camera
Ryszard Kozak ... electrician
Julian Krause ... digital imaging technician
Michal Kruk ... electrician
Thorsten Krusche ... light department: Cinegate
Krzysztof Kubiak ... dolly grip
Edward Makówka ... focus puller
Christian Müller ... electrician
Piotr Niemyjski ... camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Maciej Niessner ... camera assistant
Hendrik Olk ... electrician
Robert Palka ... still photographer
Stephan Schneider ... electrician
Robert Sieg ... electrician
Daniel Sippel ... digital cinematography supervisor: Cinegate
Katharina Spuida ... camera trainee
Esther Strehlow ... camera trainee
Wojciech Sulezycki ... camera assistant
Peer Tamms ... grip department: Cinegate
Slawomir Wierzbicki ... assistant steadicam operator
Jens Winkler ... camera operator: underwater
Marcin Wojtaszewski ... electrician
Michael Wähner ... electrician
Pawel Zagorski ... dolly grip

Casting Department

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John Buchan ... casting
Dariusz Dunowski ... adr voice casting
Jason Knight ... casting
Katharina Krischker ... extras casting
Antje Mews ... extras casting
Vicky Wildman ... casting consultant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Monika Jordan ... assistant costume designer
Nadine Kremeier ... assistant costume designer
Eliza Milaniuk ... assistant costume designer
Eleonora Owsianka ... assistant costume designer
Justyna Pytko ... assistant costume designer (as Justyna Pytko-Rakowska)
Tomasz Rakowski ... assistant costume designer
Wolfgang Weber ... costume consultant

Location Management

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Mathias Braun ... location scout (as Matthias Braun)
Christian Meinecke ... location scout
Sören von der Heyde ... location scout
Karolina Zielonka ... location manager

Music Department

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Gina Komasa ... music consultant
Wojciech Kowalewski ... musician: percussion
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach ... musicians (as The Polish Radio Symphony Prchestra)
Guna Project ... music producer: "Salut D'Amour"
Jacek Rogala ... conductor
Filip Wojciechowski ... musician: piano

Script and Continuity Department

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Katarzyna Biniecka ... script supervisor/continuity: second unit (as Katarzyna Bielecka)
Malgorzata Roszkowska ... script supervisor/continuity

Transportation Department

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Philipp Assilin ... driver
Sven Böneker ... driver: property (as Sven Böneke)
Fabian Dolezal ... driver
Siegmar Freiberg ... driver
Józef Frymarski ... driver
Jacek Galicki ... driver
Robert Górczynski ... driver
Malte Mann ... driver: property
Jerzy Mizak ... truck rental: wardrobe and makeup, Top Film
Andreas Pietschmann ... driver / production driver
Wilfried Rieger ... driver
Andrzej Rosenbieger ... driver
Ulrich Schlottau ... car rental: Car Motion Service
Tom Strelow ... driver
Kazimierz Zdanowicz ... driver
René Zeuner ... driver (as Rene Zeuner)

Additional Crew

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Marko Adam ... banker: Deutsche Bank
Claudia Anton ... set runner
Martina Besier ... production secretary
Frank Brauner ... legal
Christian Burghold ... banker: Deutsche Bank
Wolfgang Böhm ... translator: dialogue
Martina Böttcher ... accounting clerk: payroll
Detlef Carell ... accountant: Scholz & Carell
Jerzy Celinski ... horses and carriage wrangler
Darius Cicenas ... armorer
Marin Cöster ... production office trainee
Malgorzata Dedek ... production accountant
Maureen Dorey ... story editor
Jane Douglas ... production accountant
Tony Duarte ... legal
Christian Erl ... set runner
Carsten Fiebeler ... translator: dialogue
Edith Forster ... legal
Peter Frentin ... information technology support
Katia Frenzel ... travel agent: Reisebüro Schäfer Erfurt
Adam Goik ... helper
Jan Grabowski ... historical consultant
Malgorzata Hajewska ... voice artist: Paulina Chiger (as Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik)
Kerstin Hamm ... unit publicist: Filmcontact
Doreen Herrmann ... craft service
Marina Ignatjuk ... production consultant
Elnas Isrusch ... production coordinator
Julia Kainz ... unit publicist: Filmcontact
Agnieszka Kik ... production coordinator
Jenny Klingenberg ... cashier
Alexander Klunker ... craft service
Piotr Kolodziejczyk ... production assistant
Robert Krawczyk ... helper
Katrin Kroeger ... banker: ILB Investitionsbank des Landis Brandenburg
Maciej Kubiak ... legal
Stephan Lachenmair ... insurance
Marcus Lengler ... caterer: Filmissimo
Olena Leonenko ... language consultant
Aleksansra Majchrzak ... on-set medic: Ratlomed
Robert Marshall ... story consultant
Rainer Metz ... armorer
Lukasz Mizak ... helper (as Likasz Mizak)
Ryszard Mosingiewicz ... language consultant
Josephine Mühln ... production office trainee
Marko Müller ... production office: Berlin, Flatliners
Stephan Neidert ... extras coordinator
Anna Neudert ... project assistant: MCA
Laura Oechel ... project assistant: MCA
Marcin Oginski ... production collaborator
Dorota Paciarelli ... co-production consultant (as Dorota M. Paciarelli) / language consultant (as Dorota M. Paciarelli)
Natalie Pauls ... project supervisor: MCA
Leszek Piskorz ... voice artist: Ignacy Chiger
Sebastian Pohle ... project assistant: MCA
Verena Radke ... extras coordinator
Charlotte Raucamp ... production office trainee
Anna Rozenfeld ... language consultant
Nina Schaarschmidt ... title designer
Nicole Schmidt ... travel agent: Reisebüro Schäfer Erfurt
Roland Scholz ... accountant: Scholz & Carell
Gabriela Schultze ... film lab sales manager
Bernd Seydel ... animal wrangler: Filmtierschule Schweuneke
Mikolaj Skrzypczak ... language consultant
Marciej Slusarek ... legal
Uwe Sobottka ... facility manager: MCA
Miroslaw Stepien ... on-set medic: Ratlomed
Katrin Stolpe ... banker: ILB Investitionsbank des Landis Brandenburg
Stefan Strohbach ... facility manager: MCA
Andrzej Szenajch ... military consultant
Andrea Söffgen ... production secretary
Katharina Tenfeld ... production accountant
Rafal Tokarski ... caterer: Dana Catering
Sören von der Heyde ... production collaborator
Grzegorz Walewski ... on-set medic: Ratlomed
Richard Warburton ... auditor: Kay & Warburton
Robin Williams ... shipper: Shuttlefreight
Christiane Winter ... accounting clerk
Marcin Zapala ... helper
Radek Zielonka ... helper
Christian Zipperle ... production assistant

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

IN DARKNESS tells the true story of Leopold Socha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the German-occupied town of Lvov (former Poland). Written by Anonymous

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Taglines Based on the true World War II Story See more »
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Also Known As
  • W ciemności (Poland)
  • In Darkness (Germany)
  • Sous terre (Canada, French title)
  • In Darkness (Canada, English title)
  • In Darkness (United States)
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Runtime
  • 145 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $9,977,878

Did You Know?

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Trivia Poland's candidate to compete for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards. See more »
Goofs When Poldek is taking a bath, a scar from a smallpox vaccine is clearly visible on his left arm. Most of the world's populace wasn't vaccinated before the WHO Smallpox Vaccination program began in 1967. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Vow (2012). See more »
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