Overview
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...
Cast
- János Bán as Csürös István
- Judit Meszléry as Ibolya - Draskóczi lánya
- Miklós Markovich as Draskóczi József
- Tibor Szilágyi as Ibolya férje
- Róbert Koltai as János - államtitkár (voice)
- Jiří Menzel as János - államtitkár
- Erzsi Pásztor as Takarítónõ
- Klára Leviczki as Klára
- Anna Muszte as János felesége
- Zoltán Papp as Feri - István anyjának élettársa