The Midas Touch
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.
Top 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
Péter Forgács
Henrik Pauer
kis Gombacsik
László Konter
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 9, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Original language
- HU
- Original title
- Eldorádó
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