An obliging and resourceful peasant made a woodworking machine out of scrap metal bought for two ducks, unaware of the dangers that would await him at every turn. Having become an unwitting swindler, he had to go with the proper documents through many instances, suffering from unscrupulous officials-bureaucrats...
as András Lakatos
as Rotaru, president of the Collective Farm
as Albert Patkós, delegate of the District People's Council
as Lakatos' wife
as Mihály Kádi, miller
as Crețu, the owner of two plows and a tractor
as old man Ion, the night watchman
as Mihai Vancu, agricultural foreman
as the station master
as the president of the Communal People's Council
as Rotaru's wife
as barber
as Mărioara, young peasant
as the Hungarian singer from the cultural home
as the stableman
