''Eldorado'' (, also known as ''The Midas Touch'') is a 1988 Hungarian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Géza Bereményi Géza Sándor Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards. Biography Born as Géza Vetró in Budapest ...

. The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the

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. For this film Bereményi won the

European Film Award for Best Director The European Film Award for Best Director is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Acade ...

at the

2nd European Film Awards The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 25 November 1989 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France and was hosted by Franco-Swiss ...

Plot

The story takes place in the urban districts of Pest focusing on the

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on Teleki square (which was still existing mostly unchanged when the movie was made) from after the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in 1945 until the

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; ), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by ...

. The

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is the head of the

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. He thinks he can buy everyone and everything but at the end he must face that he can't buy life. The movie contains some

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of the events in the revolution.

Cast

Károly Eperjes Károly Eperjes (born 17 February 1954 in Hegykő) is a Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian stage and film actor, member of the National Theatre in Budapest. Eperjes appeared in more than fifty films since 1982. Selected filmography Awards * J� ...

as Sándor Monori * Judit Pogány as Mrs. Monori *

Enikő Eszenyi Enikő Eszenyi (born 11 January 1961) is a Hungarian actress and theater director, recipient of Kossuth Prize (2001). She appeared in 1991's '' Paths of Death and Angels''. Selected filmography * '' Night Rehearsal'' (1983) * '' Eldorado'' (1 ...

as Marika Monori * Barnabás Tóth as Imi Valkó

References

External links

* 1988 drama films 1988 films Hungarian drama films 1980s Hungarian-language films {{1980s-drama-film-stub