

The Midas Touch
1 hour 44 minutes1989-02-09
6.9
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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.
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
