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During the interwar period, the revival of Hungarian industry owed much to assimilated Jewish industrialists and entrepreneurs such as Manfréd Weiss (engineering), Gedeon Richter (pharmaceuticals), Lipót Aschner (Tungsram), and Leó Goldberger (textiles).
Leó Goldberger, the so-called “Textile King,” was a prime example of this economic elite — a personal friend, advisor, and even card-playing partner of Miklós Horthy, who also served as a member of Parliament.

The drama about the life of Leó Goldberger explores the psychological mechanisms of self-deception that prevented these broad-minded, modern-thinking Jewish citizens from recognizing reality in time and escaping.
What sustained their blind faith that nothing could happen to them — even when, under the anti-Jewish laws, Goldberger himself was forced out of his own factory?
And even then, when his train was already bound for the concentration camp where his life came to an end, that belief still did not abandon him.

Cast and Crew

Leó Goldberger: Antal Cserna
The Secretary: Tamás Ivanics

Written by: Ann Silberberg – Anna Sándor
Dramaturg: Lili Fabacsovics
Set and Costume Design: Gábor Czeizel
Sound and Lighting: Kálmán Vizhányó

Directed by: András Surányi

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