

The Fifth Seal(1976)
Let Both The Guilty and the Innocent Live In Fear
In 1944 Budapest, one of a group of four friends poses a hypothetical moral question to the others, an act that will unexpectedly alter their lives forever.

Movie: The Fifth Seal
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