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The image wanders ghostlike through the present. Ghostly apparitions occur only in places where a terrible deed has been committed.
Siegfried Kracauer
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Siegfried Kracauer
Age: 77 †
Born: 1889
Born: February 8
Died: 1966
Died: November 26
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Frankfurt/Main
Ginster
Zigfrid Krakauėr
S. Kracauer
Z. Krakauėr
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