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