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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The North Star (1943)
Season 2023
Episode 49
Five friends from a small Ukrainian village decide to travel to Kiev but their trip is cut short when German aircraft attack and their town falls under occupation after the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Michigan City, Indiana native Anne Baxter gets top billing in this World War II film.
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