Eldorado
Directed byGéza Bereményi
Written byGéza Bereményi
StarringKároly Eperjes
CinematographySándor Kardos
Music byFerenc Darvas
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
LanguageHungarian

Eldorado (Hungarian: Eldorádó, also known as The Midas Touch) is a 1988 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Géza Bereményi.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] For this film Bereményi won the European Film Award for Best Director at the 2nd European Film Awards.[2]

Plot

The story takes place in the urban districts of Pest focusing on the marketplace on Teleki square (which was still existing mostly unchanged when the movie was made) from after the end of World War II in 1945 until the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 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. The movie contains some archive footage of the events in the revolution.

Cast

References

  1. Maria Pia Fusco (November 18, 1989). "Con il dio denaro a Budapest '56". La Repubblica. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. "European Film Awards". European Film Academy. Retrieved 1 November 2015.


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