Kati Sólyom

The beginning shows Hungary devastated by the war and the postwar reconstruction with its communist government. Our hero (played first by Dániel Erdély and later, as a young man, by András Bálint) is clearly determined to find out what he can about his father who died young. All he knows is that he was a doctor and perhaps he was an honored victim of fascism. He never really finds out but his relationship with his mother, his friends and his Jewish girlfriend will make him totally independent of this need to find all about Apa or Father.

As a result of a drug experiment, Misi will be able to travel through time, but only if he drinks from a special homemade spirit.

Jancsi is part of a closely knit gang of young engineers. They see the older engineers as mediocre, and have grand ideas about developing new inventions together. With changing living conditions the five friends start to grow apart. At a party Jancsi suddenly meets Éva Halk. They fall in love, and find common memories in the engagement in The Pioneer Railway at the age of 12.

After his divorce, Bóna Péter, a beginner film director needs a bigger amount of money to settle his financial problems with his ex-wife. He travels to Pécs to see Sárika, an old veteran. He has not seen his aunt for a long time, and she receives him very friendly, but she flatly refuses to lend him any money.

L'histoire de la famille Sonnenschein à travers le destin de trois générations, de l'empire des Habsbourg jusqu'au lendemain de la révolution hongroise de 1956. Avec sa formule de liqueur médicinale, Emmanuel Sonnenschein a bati la fortune de la famille et déjoué, pour un temps seulement, l'antisémitisme prononcé de la sociéte hongroise. Mais son fils Adam, malgré une médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques de 1936, ne pourra échapper a l'holocauste. C'est en partie pour le venger que son fils Ivan a choisi de faire carrière dans la politique.

Dans les années 20 en Allemagne. Hendrik Höfgen est un comédien ambitieux, prêt à tout pour réussir, y compris fermer les yeux sur l'ascension des Nazis dans son pays.