The Alchemist and the Virgin (1998)

Plot Summary

The story is set in the present day. László Sziráki, a womanizer and chemistry professor, is searching for the secret of making gold, but one component is missing. He wants fame and a solution to his financial problems. When he meets Esthena, an eccentric philosopher who wants to lose her virginity, he succeeds in turning plastic into gold. But he, a shrewish and shrewd man, does not recognise the exceptional nature of this encounter and pushes her away. Sophika, the wise grandmother of Syracuse, also meets Esthena: she sees her as a kindred spirit and assigns her to her grandson. But in the meantime, Mr. Maci, Esthéna's bumfordian and buffalo-loving gladiator knight, who will do anything for the girl, begins to pursue the alchemist out of jealousy. Will Syracuse find the answer to the alchemist's question? And is making gold even important?

Full Cast & Characters

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Sziráky

Eszter Ónodi

Eszténa

Danuta Szaflarska

Grandma

Norbert Növényi

Maci

Péter Haumann

Eszténa's father

Erika Bodnár

Eszténa's mother

László Szabó

Charlie Rosen

Director & Crew

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