The Day of the Purple Sun: Part I

The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egyptian underworld. Will she be coming forth by day? Film in two parts by Carsten Frank.

Cast

Margarethe von Stern

as Margarethe

Carsten Frank

as Anubis

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