Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death years before and who is now a powerful politician.
Ferenc Kállai
as József Pelikán
Lajos Őze
as Árpád Virág
Zoltán Fábri
as Zoltán Dániel
Béla Both
as Bástya
Georgette Metzradt
as Potocsni
Róbert Rátonyi
as Operetta Singer
Károly Bicskey
as Elemér Gulyás
Lili Monori
as Gizi
László Vámos
as Psychologist
Ida Versényi
as Gogolak
György Bálint
as Bishop
Pál Bánó
as Judge
