1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a target of the KGB, left their apartment one evening to fetch some cigarettes only to be found drowned in the shallow Lake Balaton the following day. Their son, Peter, a student in Western-Europe, was found dead on the Danube embankment.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Anna RomantowskaMária | Mária |
 Erika BodnárMária (voice) | Mária (voice) |
| MMichael MarwitzTibor | Tibor |
 Sándor SzakácsiTibor (voice) | Tibor (voice) |
 Jan EnglertDobos | Dobos |
 Ferenc BácsDobos (voice) | Dobos (voice) |
 Iván DarvasKozlov | Kozlov |
 Ferenc ZentheFeri | Feri |
 László Tahi TóthKomlós | Komlós |
 Géza KaszásGábor | Gábor |
 Katarzyna WalterMartha | Martha |