Master of His Own Body

Jan 1, 1957

1h 49m

★ 6.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Jadran Film

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Cast

Roza

Marija Kohn

Ivek

Julije Perlaki

Jakob

Mladen Šerment

Bara

Nela Eržišnik

Jura

Ivo Pajić

Kata

Vanja Timer

Udovica Jaga

Marija Aleksić

Mata poštar

August Cilić

Deda

Viktor Bek

Janica

Ivka Dabetić

Marica

Ljubica Jović

Šumar

Mate Ergović

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