The Midas Touch
Eldorádó
Release: 1989-02-09
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Hungary
Production Companies
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Cast
Enikő Eszenyi
as Monori Marika
László Konter
Ágnes Kamondy
László Méhes
Lili Monori
Péter Forgács
Károly Eperjes
as Monori Sándor
Péter Andorai
as Berci
Géza Balkay
as Temesvári Miklós
Gyula Pauer
as Gombacsik
István Basa
as Tarzan
Gábor Ferenczi
as Gida
Géza D. Hegedűs
Péter Haumann
as Nyomozó
János Bata
Mariann Falusi
as énekesnő a bárban
Henrik Pauer
as kis Gombacsik
Eszter Nagy-Kálózy
Judit Pogány
as Monoriné
Barnabás Tóth
as Valkó Imi
Sándor Sőth
