professional actors as possible. In the finished movie there  are at least seven cast members who never or rarely had acting  experience before: writer/director Fábri, Zoltán (qv), stage  director Both, Béla (qv) (who began an acting career after this  movie), acting teacher Versényi, Ida (qv), language teacher  Mertzhradt, Georgette (qv), stage director Vámos, László (qv),  opera singer Novák, István (qv) and graphic artist  Pecsenke, József (qv).