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...
as Csürös István
as Ibolya - Draskóczi lánya
as Draskóczi József
as Ibolya férje
as János - államtitkár (voice)
as János - államtitkár
as Takarítónõ
as Klára
as János felesége
as Feri - István anyjának élettársa
as István intézeti barátja
as Tanítónõ
as Gazsi
