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1852. Noszlopy Gáspár escapes from prison in order to capture the emperor, who is to visit Hungary, with his companions and force him to sign the Declaration of Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men, as his one-time soldiers have already accepted the established order as unalterable, each of them having found a satisfactory way of life and unwilling to undertake a suicidal experiment. Noszlopy's faithful companions perish from his side, yet in the carriage which they capture a puppet sits in place of the emperor. The people of the country receive the emperor who put down the Hungarian freedom-fight with triumph-arches and celebrational line-firing. Noszlopy - as well as Szentgróthy who became a traitor - is executed. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)