Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Andrey Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939, Moscow) is a Russian animator, documaker, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky (1975). His parents met in Irkutsk, and after the revolution they moved to Leningrad after mother's brothers. There, his father, who performed in the divertissement genre, became close to the actor Erast Garin and his wife Hesya Lokshina, who, after moving to Moscow, made every effort to make the Khrzhanovsky family follow them. They settled in Mansurovsky lane, and a year later the couple had a son, Andrey. In 1962, he graduated from "VGIK" (workshop of Lev Kuleshov and Alexandra Khokhlova). According to Hrzhanovsky, he was brought to "Soyuzmultfilm" by a case: due to the large number of graduates of the directing faculty, the only way to make a diploma film without spending years waiting for their turn was to shoot non-fiction films at the studio. The cartoon "There Lived Kozyavin" (1966) was not allowed to be defended because of suspicions of surrealism until the head of the Department Sergey Gerasimov defined it as "our, socialist surrealism". Khrzhanovsky describes his next cartoon, "The Glass Harmonica" (1968), as "the story of today... about the power of money over our souls, about a culture that is silenced". The film was handed over to the management on the day when the Soviet troops entered Prague. As a result, he was put "on the shelf", and the director was handed a summons to the army the next day and assigned to the Navy with the rank of platoon commander of a battery of rocket launchers. Khrzhanovsky decided to "see the world" and moved to an infantry company heading to the war zone, where he served for two years. During the perestroika period, when the screening of "shelf" films became one of the program points of the new leadership of the Union of Cinematographers, it suddenly became clear that there was not enough film for the circulation of "Harmonica", and the premiere was postponed again. Among his works, he highlights "Pushkiniana" - cartoons based on the works of Alexander Pushkin "In the World of the Fables"(1973) and "It's a Wonderful Day" (1975), as well as the biographical trilogy "I Am Tlying to You as a Memory..." (1977), "With You I Am Again..." (1980) and "Autumn" (1982) based on drawings and drafts of the poet, in 1987 combined into one full-length film "My Favorite Time". In addition, he owns films based on drawings by Sergei Barkhin ("The Lion with the White Beard", 1995), Federico Fellini ("The Long Yourney", 1997), and Joseph Brodsky ("A Cat and a Half", 2002). Subsequently, the idea was developed in the full-length film "A Room and a Half" (2009). All four films were awarded the Nika film awards, as well as various international awards. From 1988 to 1990, Hrzhanovsky headed the creative association "Search" at Soyuzmultfilm, and was a member of the Studio's Artistic Council. Since 1982, he has been teaching at "VGIK", head of the department of animated film directing. In 1993, together with Eduard Nazarov, Yuri Norstein and Fyodor Khitruk, he organized the "SHAR School-Studio" for the production of cartoons and training of professional animators, where he holds the positions of artistic director, chairman of the board of founders and teacher of directing.

  • Title: Andrey Khrzhanovsky
  • Popularity: 0.651
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1939-11-30
  • Place of Birth: Moscow, USSR (Russia)
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  • Also Known As: Андрей Хржановский, Andrei Khrzhanovskiy, Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Andrey Hrzhanovsky, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, А. Хржановский
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Andrey Khrzhanovsky Movies

  • 1997
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    The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films

    The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films

    1 1997 HD

    Alder uncovers not only the life and works of the elusive Cold War soviet master, but also sheds light on the Soviet animation regime.

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  • 2021
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    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    7.1 2021 HD

    An exploration of 20th century Russia, following the fusing of the Party and the state after the Russian Civil War, which opened the doors to...

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  • 2009
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    A Room and a Half

    A Room and a Half

    6.3 2009 HD

    A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.

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  • 1966
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    The Origin of Species

    The Origin of Species

    1 1966 HD

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  • 2009
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    A Room and a Half

    A Room and a Half

    6.3 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    A Room and a Half

    A Room and a Half

    6.3 2009 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Glass Harmonica

    The Glass Harmonica

    5.6 1968 HD

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  • 2021
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    Snails Breakfast

    Snails Breakfast

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Lion with the White Beard

    The Lion with the White Beard

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1966
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    There Lived Kozyavin

    There Lived Kozyavin

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    Armoire

    Armoire

    5.1 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    The House That Jack Built

    The House That Jack Built

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1972
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    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    6.3 1972 HD

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  • 1985
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    The King's Sandwich

    The King's Sandwich

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1976
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    The House That Jack Built

    The House That Jack Built

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1999
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    «Pushkin» is Allowed to Take Off

    «Pushkin» is Allowed to Take Off

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Tonino Guerra. Meetings with Pushkin

    Tonino Guerra. Meetings with Pushkin

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1973
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    In the World of the Fables

    In the World of the Fables

    5.3 1973 HD

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  • 2018
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    Lola the Living Potato

    Lola the Living Potato

    5 2018 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Firebird

    The Firebird

    10 1984 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    7.1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    7.1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    7.1 2021 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Long Yourney

    The Long Yourney

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Long Yourney

    The Long Yourney

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Cat and a Half

    A Cat and a Half

    7.5 2003 HD

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  • 1970
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    Armoire

    Armoire

    5.1 1970 HD

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  • 1973
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    In the World of the Fables

    In the World of the Fables

    5.3 1973 HD

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  • 1975
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    It's a Wonderful Day

    It's a Wonderful Day

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    It's a Wonderful Day

    It's a Wonderful Day

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

    I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

    6 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

    I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

    6 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    With You I Am Again...

    With You I Am Again...

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1978
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    Miracles in the Sieve

    Miracles in the Sieve

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    With You I Am Again...

    With You I Am Again...

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1978
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    Miracles in the Sieve

    Miracles in the Sieve

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Wonders

    Wonders

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1982
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    Autumn

    Autumn

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Autumn

    Autumn

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1984
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    Your Loving Friend

    Your Loving Friend

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1985
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    The King's Sandwich

    The King's Sandwich

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1987
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    My Favorite Time

    My Favorite Time

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    My Favorite Time

    My Favorite Time

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    My Favorite Time

    My Favorite Time

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

    6 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

    6 1987 HD

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  • 1988
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    Kele

    Kele

    5.1 1988 HD

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  • 1990
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    School of Fine Arts. Return

    School of Fine Arts. Return

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    School of Fine Arts. Return

    School of Fine Arts. Return

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    School of Fine Arts

    School of Fine Arts

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    School of Fine Arts

    School of Fine Arts

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Lion with the White Beard

    The Lion with the White Beard

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Long Yourney

    The Long Yourney

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2009
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    A Room and a Half

    A Room and a Half

    6.3 2009 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Cat and a Half

    A Cat and a Half

    7.5 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Dog, the General, and the Birds

    The Dog, the General, and the Birds

    6.2 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    Autumn Came

    Autumn Came

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Cat and a Half

    A Cat and a Half

    7.5 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    Oleg Kagan. Life After Life

    Oleg Kagan. Life After Life

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2011
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    Day-Raphael

    Day-Raphael

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1997
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    Oleg Kagan. Life After Life

    Oleg Kagan. Life After Life

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2011
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    Day-Raphael

    Day-Raphael

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2019
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    Butterflies

    Butterflies

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2018
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    Sur. Faces

    Sur. Faces

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Mistress Of The Copper Mountain

    The Mistress Of The Copper Mountain

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1959
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    Traces are Erased from the Stones

    Traces are Erased from the Stones

    1 1959 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

    7.1 2021 HD

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  • 2000
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    Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1

    Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1

    1 2000 HD

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  • 2000
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    Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

    Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1970
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    Through the Magic Crystal

    Through the Magic Crystal

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2020
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    Urban Goat

    Urban Goat

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Vadim on a Walk

    Vadim on a Walk

    6 2021 HD

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  • 2020
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    Cornstalk

    Cornstalk

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Wet Socks of Bertha Reise

    Wet Socks of Bertha Reise

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Fish-Woman

    Fish-Woman

    3 2021 HD

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  • 1972
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    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    6.3 1972 HD

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