Bálint Zeke, the honest old miller of the village, leaves his water-mill to Anna, his only daughter, while the will also provides for the mill to be managed by Forintos Mátyás, a young miller, whom he has been raising since he was very young and treats as his own son. The two young people seem to "like each other anyway", and their marriage would make the old man happy.
Forintos Mátyás, molnárlegény
Piros Katinka, az Aranypáva fogadósnője
Zeke Bálint, molnár
Anna, Zeke lánya
Darab, gazdag kupec
Rézi
Rudi, bohóc
Cirkuszi alkalmazott
Frici, zenész
Cirkuszos