Merry-Go-Round (1956 film)
1956 film
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Merry-Go-Round (Hungarian: Körhinta, pronounced [ˈkørɦintɒ]) is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri, based on the short story Kútban (In the Well) by Imre Sarkadi. It was in competition at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was later selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was chosen to be part both of Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968 and its follow-up, the New Budapest Twelve in 2000.[3][4]
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László Nádasy
Imre Sarkadi
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| Directed by | Zoltán Fábri |
| Written by | Zoltán Fábri László Nádasy Imre Sarkadi |
| Starring | Mari Törőcsik |
| Cinematography | Barnabás Hegyi |
| Edited by | Mária Szécsényi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Original) Turner Entertainment (Distribution Rights) DreamWorks SKG (Today) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Plot
The story takes place in a rural area of Hungary. There are two young people who fall in love with each other. However, the girl's father wants her to marry someone else.[5] But surprisingly this classic love story intertwines with traditional, political and economic choices.[6]
The scene where the two lovers are spinning at a dizzying view on the carousel has taken its place in the history of cinema. What makes the scene impressive is that the camera spun with them.[7]
Cast
- Mari Törőcsik as Pataki Mari
- Imre Soós as Bíró Máté
- Ádám Szirtes as Farkas Sándor
- Béla Barsi as Pataki István
- Manyi Kiss as Patakiné
- Gyula Bakos
- Antal Farkas as Samu János
- József Juhász
- Flóra Kádár as Eszti
- Ervin Kibédi
- Mária Kovács (as C. Kovács Mária)
- László Kozák
- János Makláry as Elszámoltatóbizottság tagja
- László Misoga as Sógor
- Piri Peéry
