The Midas Touch

The Midas Touch

Movie 1989-02-09 1h 44m Drama
★ 6.9 / 10 · 8 votes

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
Released
1989-02-09
Runtime
1h 44m
Studio
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Country
Hungary
Language
Hungarian
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Nominated for 1 European Film Award for Best Composer Award

European Film Award for Best Composer 1 nominated

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Géza Bereményi
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
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