Janika

Balla János, a writer, who emigrated during the 1930s for political reasons, arrives in Budapest with his American fiancée, to get an official divorce from his wife. Gizi has, in the meantime, become a popular actress. Right before Balla's arrival, she is offered the role of Johnny, a 15-year old boy, which she is afraid of accepting. She is found in the midst of "tentatively trying her hand" at the role of that 15-year-old boy by her husband, who unexpectedly turns up in her flat, thinking that the "boy" is his own son. Gizi, however, goes on with "acting out" the role, not telling her husband about her true identity. Balla realises that, despite the propaganda dinned into the ears of people like himself, life is worth living in this country, where the challenge to write is one that he cannot resist. In the end, he and Gizi, his wife, are happily reunited thanks to "Johnny". (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)