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Spartacus '71

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2005
1h 1m
8.0(2 votes)
Drama

Overview

A story of a family during the 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh and their family getting punished by the ruthless Pakistani soldiers. Mahbub, a Bengali himself, is supporting Pakistan in order to save himself.

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