A Foreign Language
Trailer: A Foreign Language
Year: 1958
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ONF | NFB
Director: Stanley Jackson
Cast:
Crew: Roman Kroitor (Producer), Stanley Jackson (Director), Wolf Koenig (Producer), Frank Orban (Sound), Ron Alexander (Sound), Tom Daly (Executive Producer)
Runtime: 30 minutes
Release: Nov 02, 1958
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Canada
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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