

Stephen, living in a troubled family, breaks into a grocery store and wreaks vandalism. He is sent to a reform school. Later he works in a cleaning brigade and accidentally meets József Draskóczi, who denounced him. Draskóczi lives in an unloving, troubled atmosphere with his barren daughter and cynical son-in-law, ascetic about his youthful communist beliefs. He feels responsible for Istvan's fate, offering him a human voice and love. Despite his daughter's hysterical jealousy, he sends Istvan to school and then, through his previous connections, provides him with an apartment...
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Cast

János Bán
Csürös István

Judit Meszléry
Ibolya - Draskóczi lánya
Miklós Markovich
Draskóczi József

Tibor Szilágyi
Ibolya férje

Róbert Koltai
János - államtitkár (voice)

Jiří Menzel
János - államtitkár

Erzsi Pásztor
Takarítónõ
Klára Leviczki
Klára
Anna Muszte
János felesége
Zoltán Papp
Feri - István anyjának élettársa

Sándor Gáspár
István intézeti barátja

Györgyi Kari
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