Two actors and a theater assistant live in modest circumstances in a rented apartment in Budapest. The two men constantly play cards with each other in symbolic stakes, and Béla Bognár's wife, Piri, runs the household. However, the atmosphere is good, and they quote dialogues appropriate to the given situation from the texts of their roles.

Dajka Margit
as Piri, Bognár's wife

Gyula Kabos
as Béla Bognár, actor

Antal Páger
as Fodor, house owner

Márton Rátkai
as Szépvölgyi

Zoltán Makláry
as Detektív

Kató Eõry
as Margit, Fodor's wife

Tibor Rubinyi
as Mr.Abel

Karola Zala
as Fodor's mother-in-law

Aladár Sarkadi
as Mr. Brown

György Hajnal
as Kovács