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The Money-Maker

1964 · 93 min

A gentle, old-fashioned caper that ambles along with mild suspense and a wry, cosy charm.

Overview
This film comedy takes place in the good old times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy at the turn of the century. Bányai, an impecunious clerk suddenly finds himself to be able to make perfect imitations of ornaments on the bank-notes. Being spurred by his incessantly shrewish mother-in-law, he finds a solution to his family's financial problems overnight, but an ambitious detective becomes suspicious of him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • family
  • class
  • deception
  • greed
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Frigyes Bán
Written by
Lajos Tolnay
Starring
Sándor Pécsi, Itala Békés, István Egri, Cecília Esztergályos, Frigyes Bán, Hilda Gobbi
Runtime
93 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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