The Midas Touch

6.9

104 min

1989

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.

Starring

Károly Eperjes, Judit Pogány, Enikő Eszenyi, Barnabás Tóth, Péter Andorai, Géza Balkay, Gyula Pauer, Péter Haumann, István Basa, János Bata

Directed By

Géza Bereményi

Release Date

1989-02-09