ट्रिविया

Although Tamás Almási graduated as a feature film director (Hungarian Film Academy, 1979), this is only his second feature film. His first one was the acclaimed Ballagás (1981). In the meantime, Almási became the most famous documentary director in Hungary.

The title is a reference to Thomas Mann's popular novel "Mario and the Magician", but this movie has nothing to do with Mann. The Hungarian title means: Mario the Magician, thus the title character IS the magician (an Italian businessman who changes the lives of ordinary Hungarian people).