The story recalling the spirit of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king quarrelling with his approaching death, takes place in a cancer hospital in Budapest. Dávid, the young ethnography scientist resigned to his lot and is indifferent to his approaching death. His specialist reckons, however, that such a searching and stubborn mind with thorough knowledge of the nature of his own illness, will be able to fight death.
| Directing | Mihály Szemes | Director |
| Writing | Ida András | Screenplay |
| Writing | József Solymár | Screenplay |
| Sound | Emil Petrovics | Music |
| Camera | Barnabás Hegyi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mihály Morell | Editor |
| Art | István Básthy | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zsazsa Lázár | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Károly Hadai | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | György Pintér | Sound |