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The Midas Touch

19896.9 / 10104 min
Drama

Overview

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

Károly Eperjes

Monori Sándor

Judit Pogány

Judit Pogány

Monoriné

Enikő Eszenyi

Enikő Eszenyi

Monori Marika

Barnabás Tóth

Barnabás Tóth

Valkó Imi

Péter Andorai

Péter Andorai

Berci

Géza Balkay

Géza Balkay

Temesvári Miklós

Gyula Pauer

Gyula Pauer

Gombacsik

Péter Haumann

Péter Haumann

Nyomozó

István Basa

István Basa

Tarzan

János Bata

János Bata

Mariann Falusi

Mariann Falusi

énekesnő a bárban

Gábor Ferenczi

Gábor Ferenczi

Gida

Péter Forgács

Péter Forgács

Henrik Pauer

Henrik Pauer

kis Gombacsik

László Konter

László Konter

Géza D. Hegedűs

Géza D. Hegedűs

Eszter Nagy-Kálózy

Eszter Nagy-Kálózy

István Jeney

István Jeney

Ágnes Kamondy

Ágnes Kamondy

György Kölgyesi

György Kölgyesi

Kristóf Kata

Kristóf Kata

Györgyi Lang

Györgyi Lang

László Méhes

László Méhes

Lili Monori

Lili Monori

Sándor Sőth

Sándor Sőth

Crew

Géza Bereményi

Géza Bereményi

Director

Géza Bereményi

Géza Bereményi

Writer

Ferenc Darvas

Ferenc Darvas

Original Music Composer

Teri Losonci

Teri Losonci

Editor

Sándor Kardos

Sándor Kardos

Director of Photography

János P. Nagy

János P. Nagy

Set Decoration

Gyula Pauer

Gyula Pauer

Production Design

Gyula Pauer

Gyula Pauer

Costume Design

János Breckl

János Breckl

Costume Design

Zsuzsa Pártényi

Zsuzsa Pártényi

Costume Design

Boldizsár Simonka

Boldizsár Simonka

Set Decoration