When a down-and-out pianist is shot during a robbery, he gives up his craft and swears never to play again. When he is forced to take a job as a department store Santa, his life is turned upside down by an orphaned girl who demands a bicycle for Christmas.
In December 1956 there is a chaotic situation in Hungary. The revolution is put down by the Soviet army. People leave the country in large numbers for fear of revenge. A young soldier (György Angeli) who also took a part in the revolution, takes a train to Vienna together with his friend (Dániel Szerencsés).
