Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Őze, Zoltán Fábri, Béla Both, Georgette Metzradt, Róbert Rátonyi, Károly Bicskey, Lili Monori, László Vámos, Ida Versényi, György Bálint, Pál Bánó, Tibor Fehér, József Iványi, Pál Jákó
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.