The Midas Touch ( 1989 )

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.

Top Cast

Károly Eperjes

Monori Sándor

Judit Pogány

Monoriné

Enikő Eszenyi

Monori Marika

Barnabás Tóth

Valkó Imi

Péter Andorai

Berci

Géza Balkay

Temesvári Miklós

Gyula Pauer

Gombacsik

Péter Haumann

Nyomozó

István Basa

Tarzan

János Bata

Mariann Falusi

énekesnő a bárban

Gábor Ferenczi

Gida

Péter Forgács

Henrik Pauer

kis Gombacsik

László Konter

Géza D. Hegedűs

Eszter Nagy-Kálózy

István Jeney

Ágnes Kamondy

György Kölgyesi

Kristóf Kata

Györgyi Lang

László Méhes

Lili Monori

Sándor Sőth