''The Man of Gold'' (Hungarian: ''Az aranyember'') is a 1962 Hungarian

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by

Viktor Gertler Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungarian film editor and director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15 Selected filmography Editor * '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930) * ''The Man in Search of His Murde ...

and starring András Csorba,

Ilona Béres Ilona Béres is a Hungarian film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as f ...

and Ernő Szabó. It was based on the novel ''

The Man with the Golden Touch ''The Man with the Golden Touch'' (orig. hu, Az arany ember, lit. "The Golden Man") is an 1872 novel by Hungarian people, Hungarian novelist Mór Jókai. As Jókai states in the afterword of the novel, ''The Man with the Golden Touch'' was base ...

'' by

Mór Jókai Móric Jókay de Ásva (, known as ''Mór Jókai''; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai, was a Hungarian nobleman, novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. He was an active participant ...

which has been adapted for the screen several times.

Cast

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* 1962 films 1960s historical films Hungarian historical films 1960s Hungarian-language films Films based on Hungarian novels Films directed by Viktor Gertler {{Hungary-film-stub