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The Lost Generation

The engineer Ambrus has been suspended in his job because he publicly called the attention of the customers to a construction mistake of some goods designed to be exported. His immediate boss learns the news on a business trip to Paris. He meets his old friend Lendvay, an emigrant from Hungary, and his French wife in a cellar bar. After their talk Benkő starts seeing things in a different perspective. When he returns home, he decides to take a stand for Ambrus against Ferenczi, the general director, despite his wife's and the old director's advice.

Top Cast

  • Zoltán Latinovits

    Zoltán Latinovits

    Ambrus László

  • Miklós Gábor

    Miklós Gábor

    Benkõ Béla

  • Mari Szemes

    Mari Szemes

    Ambrusné, Anna

  • László Mensáros

    László Mensáros

    Ferenczi

  • Philippe March

    Philippe March

    Lendvay

  • Imre Ráday

    Imre Ráday

    Szamosi (as Rádai Imre)

  • Zsuzsa Bánki

    Zsuzsa Bánki

    Benkõné, Erzsi

  • Andrea Drahota

    Andrea Drahota

  • Bernadette Lafont

    Bernadette Lafont

    Marie

Overview

The engineer Ambrus has been suspended in his job because he publicly called the attention of the customers to a construction mistake of some goods designed to be exported. His immediate boss learns the news on a business trip to Paris. He meets his old friend Lendvay, an emigrant from Hungary, and his French wife in a cellar bar. After their talk Benkő starts seeing things in a different perspective. When he returns home, he decides to take a stand for Ambrus against Ferenczi, the general director, despite his wife's and the old director's advice.

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