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(Redirected from Körhinta) 1956 film

Merry-Go-Round
Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written byZoltán Fábri
László Nádasy
Imre Sarkadi
StarringMari Törőcsik
CinematographyBarnabás Hegyi
Edited byFerencné Szécsényi
Production
company		Mafilm
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Original)
Turner Entertainment (Distribution Rights)
DreamWorks SKG (Today)
Release date
  • 2 February 1956 (1956-02-02)
Running time90 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

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. It was later selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. 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.

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. But surprisingly this classic love story intertwines with traditional, political and economic choices.

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.

Cast

Bibliography

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Merry-Go-Round". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  2. "Cannes Classics 2017". Cannes Film Festival. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. Ujhelyi, Szilárd (1968). Karcsai Kulcsár, István (ed.). A BUDAPESTI 12. Filmbarátok Kiskönyvtára. Budapest: Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum.
  4. "Új Budapesti Tizenkettő". Filmvilág. XLIII (3): 2. March 2000.
  5. Merry-Go-Round, Letterboxd, Access date: 20 May 2022
  6. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex, John Cunningham, Wallflower Press, 2004 (p. 84)
  7. Hungarian Masters – Second Run, "Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta)", David Brook, 07 December 2021, Blueprintreview

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Films directed by Zoltán Fábri
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