Released:
1977-02-28

Overview:
Director Sandor Simo based this film on his recollections of a period in his father's life just after World War II. In the film, Janos Torok is a chemist and an entrepreneur With enormous enthusiasm, he gets loans to purchase a small chemical plant and begins experiments to create innovative products, such as hormones. Meanwhile, the communist party has come to dominate Hungarian life in such a way that his activities are viewed as little more than criminal. He is hauled away to a prison camp, but even then his letters home are full of boundless optimism and his ideas for further experiments.

Director:
Sándor Simó

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Loránd Lohinszky
• 
  István Bujtor
• 
  Eszter Szakács
• 
  József Madaras
• 
  Dezső Garas