The Midas Touch
09/02/1989
2h



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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.
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


Géza D. Hegedűs


Eszter Nagy-Kálózy
István Jeney


Ágnes Kamondy
György Kölgyesi
Kristóf Kata
Györgyi Lang


László Méhes


Lili Monori


Sándor Sőth
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