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Master of His Own Body
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Master of His Own Body

1957-01-01 · 109 min · ★ 7.1

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Due to negligence that caused the death of a family cow, an extremely poor but handsome young man Iva must obey his father's demands to marry an unattractive and limping daughter of wealthy villagers.

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Directors
Fedor Hanžeković
Production companies
Jadran film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Marija KohnMarija KohnRoza
Julije PerlakiIvek
Mladen ŠermentMladen ŠermentJakob
Nela EržišnikNela EržišnikBara
Ivo PajićJura
Vanja TimerKata
Marija AleksićUdovica Jaga
August CilićMata poštar
Viktor BekViktor BekDeda
Ivka DabetićJanica
Ljubica JovićMarica
Mate ErgovićŠumar
Rikard BrzeskaKum
Fabijan ŠovagovićFabijan Šovagović
Ivo SerdarMladoženja (uncredited)

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