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The Midas Touch

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.

1989 |1h 44m |  Drama

Cast

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Károly Eperjes

Monori Sándor

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Judit Pogány

Monoriné

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Enikő Eszenyi

Monori Marika

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Barnabás Tóth

Valkó Imi

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Péter Andorai

Berci

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Géza Balkay

Temesvári Miklós

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Gyula Pauer

Gombacsik

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Péter Haumann

Nyomozó

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István Basa

Tarzan

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János Bata

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Mariann Falusi

énekesnő a bárban

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Gábor Ferenczi

Gida

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Péter Forgács

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Henrik Pauer

kis Gombacsik

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László Konter

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Géza D. Hegedűs

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Eszter Nagy-Kálózy

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Ágnes Kamondy

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László Méhes

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Lili Monori

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Sándor Sőth

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Status

Released

Language

Hungarian

Budget

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