

Merry-Go-Round
1956-02-02 · 92 min · ★ 7.5
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives humble but promising young farmer girl Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to his older business partner. 'Land marries land', he says, a phrase which seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the younger lover is ready to confront any challenge to keep Mari's love.
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- Directors
- Zoltán Fábri
- Production companies
- Mokép, Mafilm
- Countries
- Hungary
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mari TörőcsikPataki Mari
Imre SoósBíró Máté
Ádám SzirtesFarkas Sándor
Béla BarsiPataki István
Manyi KissPatakiné
Antal FarkasSamu János
János MakláryElszámoltatóbizottság tagja
Sándor SiménfalvyElszámoltatóbizottság tagja
Sándor PetiPincér
Ervin Kibédi
László Kozák
Gellért Raksányi
Gyula Bakos
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