The Midas Touch

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The Midas Touch (1989)

Directed by Géza Bereményi

Drama · 1h 44m

A deep drama about life in Hungary after the WW2 until the revolt against Russians in '56. The main character is the head of the black market in Budapest. He thinks he can buy everyone and everything but at the end he must face that he can't buy life. A must-see for everyone. Casting involves some of the greatest Hungarian actors. The story takes place in the eighth district of Budapest focusing on the market place on Teleki square which is still working. The movie contains some archive footage of real fight during the revolution.

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Cast

Károly Eperjes Monori Sándor Judit Pogány Monoriné Enikő Eszenyi Monori Marika Barnabás Tóth Valkó Imi Péter Andorai Berci Géza Balkay Temesvári Miklós Gyula Pauer Gombacsik Péter Haumann Nyomozó István Basa Tarzan János Bata Mariann Falusi énekesnő a bárban Gábor Ferenczi Gida

Crew

Director
Géza Bereményi
Writer
Géza Bereményi
Director of Photography
Sándor Kardos
Original Music Composer
Ferenc Darvas
Editor
Teri Losonci

Details

Original title
Eldorádó
Release date
1989-02-09
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama
Original language
HU
Spoken languages
Hungarian
Countries
Hungary
Production
Hunnia Filmstúdió