Kulinyi, the theatre secretary in Budapest, becomes the director of a rural theatre. He takes with him a talented, budding theatre couple, Gábor Bálint and Éva Pap. He fights a hopeless battle with drunken and jaded actors, undemanding audiences, and demands the release of their untalented relatives with creditors. Finally, tired of failure, all three return to Pest. Kulinyi resumes his post as secretary. Gábor Bálint, out of options, approaches the famous actor Ferenc Tőrös and asks him to let him play the role for one night only, so that he can prove his talent.
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Andor Ajtay
Törös Ferenc
Gyula Kabos
Kulinyi
Zoltán Makláry
Tokody Balázs
Béla Mihályffi
Törzs Sándor
Antal Páger
Bálint Gábor
Sándor Pethes
Kárász
Gyula Szöreghy
Törös inasa
Klári Tolnay
Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
Rózsi Felhő
Öreg színésznő
Menyhért Gulyás
Színész
Gusztáv Harasztos
Színész
Valéria Hidvéghy
Icu
László Keleti
Lajos Köpeczi Boócz
Mátyás
Kálmán Latabár
Bálint Béci
