A documentary, originally produced for Dutch television, on the life and works of Osip Mandelstam , the groundbreaking Soviet poet and dissident.
The Centuries Surround Me with Fire is of 0 hour(s) and 47 minute(s). It is Produced By: VARA. It was released on 1976-01-11.
Genres: Documentary
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