Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each denies any responsibility, claiming that they were only following orders. The film is significant for its willingness to address the subject of Hungary's role in WWII, which was taboo at the time of the its release.
Major Büky
Captain Tarpataki
Corporal Szabó
Ensign Pozdor
Rózsa
a cashier
Betti
Milena
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Corporal Dorner
Colonel Grassy
General-Lieutenant Feketehalmy-Czeydner
Lieutenant Colonel Kázoni
Büky's bachelor
Jeweler
Adolf Gottlieb
Zsarko
Colonel Ballay
Golyószórós
Prison warden
Mrs. Ballay