The Midas Touch

The Midas Touch

1989
1h 44m
6.9

6.9/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: HU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Production Countries
Hungary
Spoken Languages
Hungarian

Quick Facts

Original Title Eldorádó
Release Date February 9, 1989
Status Released
Language HU
IMDb ID tt0095086

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

Key Crew

Géza Bereményi
Director
Géza Bereményi
Writer