Master of His Own Body (1957)
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.
Top billed cast
Marija KohnRoza
Julije PerlakiIvek
Mladen ŠermentJakob
Nela EržišnikBara- Ivo PajićJura
- Vanja TimerKata
- Marija AleksićUdovica Jaga
- August CilićMata poštar
Viktor BekDeda- Ivka DabetićJanica
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