The Midas Touch
09/02/1989
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.
Movie Information
Károly Eperjes
as Monori Sándor
Judit Pogány
as Monoriné
Enikő Eszenyi
as Monori Marika
Barnabás Tóth
as Valkó Imi
Péter Andorai
as Berci
Géza Balkay
as Temesvári Miklós
Gyula Pauer
as Gombacsik
Péter Haumann
as Nyomozó
István Basa
as Tarzan
János Bata
as
Mariann Falusi
as énekesnő a bárban
Gábor Ferenczi
as Gida
Péter Forgács
as
Henrik Pauer
as kis Gombacsik
László Konter
as
Géza D. Hegedűs
as
Eszter Nagy-Kálózy
as
István Jeney
as
Ágnes Kamondy
as
György Kölgyesi
as
Kristóf Kata
as
Györgyi Lang
as
László Méhes
as
Lili Monori
as
Sándor Sőth
as
