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Eli WallachKifke
Jane BirkinNaomi
Lainie KazanEstusha
David OpatoshuSchloime Kradnik
Serge GainsbourgSigmund
Henri SerreMendel (as Henri Sera)
Linda VerasCountess Grabowsky
Marilù ToloManka
Branko PlešaLt. Vishinsky

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