12:00 pm Merry Go Round is a landmark 1956 Hungarian romantic drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It is widely considered one of the masterpieces of Hungarian cinema. 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 film has spoken Hungarian with English subtitles.
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.
Director: Zoltán Fábry
Writers: Zoltán Fábry, László Nádasy, Imre Sarkadi
Stars: Mari Törőcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes