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Divan

2003•1h 16m•2.0/10
Documentary

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Pearl Gluck travels to Hungary to retrieve a turn-of-the-century family heirloom: a couch upon which esteemed rabbis once slept. En route for the ancestral divan, Pearl encounters a colorful cast of characters who provide guidance and inspiration.

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Production

Palinka Pictures, Zeitgeist Films

Language

EN

Status

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Pearl Gluck

Herself

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