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Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round

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RomanceDrama

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In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called 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 an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Hungarian

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

02 February 1956

Country

Hungary

Cast

Mari Törőcsik

Mari Törőcsik

Pataki Mari (as Törõcsik Mari)

Imre Soós

Imre Soós

Bíró Máté

Ádám Szirtes

Ádám Szirtes

Farkas Sándor

Béla Barsi

Béla Barsi

Pataki István

Manyi Kiss

Manyi Kiss

Patakiné

László Misoga

László Misoga

Sógor

Antal Farkas

Antal Farkas

Samu János

Sándor Suka

Sándor Suka

Czigány Márton

János Makláry

János Makláry

Elszámoltatóbizottság tagja

Sándor Siménfalvy

Sándor Siménfalvy

Elszámoltatóbizottság tagja

Sándor Peti

Sándor Peti

Pincér

Flóra Kádár

Flóra Kádár

Ervin Kibédi

Ervin Kibédi

László Kozák

László Kozák

Gellért Raksányi

Gellért Raksányi

Gyula Bakos

Gyula Bakos

József Juhász

József Juhász

Mária Kovács

Mária Kovács

Piri Peéry

Piri Peéry

Gyula id. Szabó

Gyula id. Szabó

Viktória Ujváry

Viktória Ujváry

Irma Vass

Irma Vass

Andrea Borbíró

Andrea Borbíró

László Halász

László Halász

Margit Lubinszky

Margit Lubinszky

Zoltán Makláry

Zoltán Makláry

Lajos Tándor

Lajos Tándor

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