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Set during Christmas Eve in 1944, the film follows the story of Pintér and Gozsó, who manage to get through the Soviet blockade around Budapest. Pintér seeks refuge in a flat he believed was abandoned by his relatives, only to discover that the Turnovszkys are hiding there, along with a Jewish woman named Jutka. As the narrative unfolds, a love story develops between Zoltán and Jutka amidst the backdrop of war-torn Budapest.

Every member of a small community in the snow-capped Bükk Mountains is trying to help the doctor get to István Simon forester's house where his wife is about to give birth to their first child.

Berci wins a bicycle race at the school, beating the older boys. Berci lives with his grandfather, who is a kind of "factory peregrine" and his only passion is drinking. Berci finds it difficult to fit into his new school community. He only gets on with Kati Daru, who also longs to leave the town.

Jóska Teleki is the factory's celebrated star footballer, but he neglects his work and his brigade is left behind in the competition. This causes him to fall out with Pista Rácz, a good worker who doesn't like sports. However, Pista meets Jóska's sister and starts playing sports for her. Soon he falls in love with both the sport and the girl. He becomes the sports supervisor, and following his example, despite the machinations of Bogdan, more and more employees start to play sports.

Young worker Gáspár Tóth is hospitalized with stomach problems. The doctor on duty suspects an ulcer. At night, Tóth's condition worsens, but the nurse on duty, Málnási, does not go to the patient despite the nurse's call, because she spends the night with her assistant Margo. Tóth writes in the complaint book, but receives no satisfaction, and the hospital staff brand him a sickness fraudulent malingerer. Doctor Málnási is becoming uncomfortable with the pregnant Margo.

One of the most popular musical comedies of the 1950s starts with flirting between a bohemian sport pilot and a serious mathematics teacher. The lesson is that in life, not everything happens as would appear logical at the outset. In the wake of the inflexible and demagogic dramas of Stalinism, this colorful comedy was a true breath of fresh air.

Marci has long had a crush on Julika, who lives in the same house as him, but before their love could blossom, he is drafted into the army. Juli is sent to work in a factory, where she falls in with the wrong crowd, often partying until dawn consuming "piccolo lights". After a year, Marci returns home and gets deeply disappointed in her and breaks up with her. But Juli loves him too and hopes that he will give her the security she needs to return to her old self.

István Kopjáss is elected chief prosecutor in the town of Zsarátnok. The talented young man is full of ideas, big plans and ideas on how to clean the city of corruption. But the town's nobility - and even his own relatives - only want to hustle their own grub in his shadow.