Apr 17, 1994
93 min
Full-HD

Children of the Dark (1994)

The true story of parents who discover that their two young daughters have a genetic disease that makes it fatal for them to be exposed to ordinary light.

Category

Drama TV Movie

Country

Companies

Peter Horton

Jim Harrison

Tracy Pollan

Kim Harrison

Roy Dotrice

Dr. Burnham

Bill Smitrovich

Milos Janecek

Natalija Nogulich

Stanja Janecek

Eric Pierpoint

Dr. David Tanner

Sam Horrigan

Bobby Harrison

Lindsey Haun

Jamie Harrison

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