Sebestyén László Szabó

On March 15, 1848, a young firebrand poet, Sándor Petöfi ignites the Hungarian Revolution with his passionate 'National Song', prompting the Austrians to dispatch a ruthless secret agent to assassinate him and suppress the uprising.

Hector Berlioz, the Romantic composer and conductor, already immortalized in his lifetime, serenades and then professes his love for the idol of his youth, Estella, his now a respectable, bourgeois grandmother. Together they revisit the past they buried long ago, proving that it is never too late to "stop time". Miklós Hubay's legendary play is brought to life by Péter Blaskó and Dorottya The film version was created by the director of the play, Zoltán Rátóti, with an unchanged cast.