Movielogr
The Midas Touch (1989)
Directed by Géza Bereményi
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.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Károly Eperjes | Judit Pogány | Enikő Eszenyi | Barnabás Tóth | Andorai Péter | Géza Balkay | Gyula Pauer | Haumann Péter | István Basa | János Bata | Mariann Falusi | Gábor Ferenczi | Péter Forgács | Henrik Pauer | László Konter | Géza D. Hegedüs | Eszter Nagy-Kálózy | István Jeney | Ágnes Kamondy | György Kölgyesi | Kristóf Kata | Györgyi Lang | László Méhes | Lili Monori | Sándor Söth