The film tells about the reburial of the ashes of the head of the Hungarian government, Imre Nagy, who was executed in 1956. Participants in the events of 1956 tell about their attitude to the past: Eleknad, Miklos Magyar, singer Andras Varga, Soviet officers Yu. Selivanov and A. Orgaev (sinhr.). The film uses footage of the chronicle of the Hungarian events of 1956.