The movie is set in the actual "Ki Mit Tud?" talent contest in 1962. In reality the contest in dance music category was won by an army brass band. "Omega" which later became one of the most successful Hungarian rock bands came out in the second place.
When the court astrologer warns the king that the stars predict his imminent murder, the terrified monarch dons a beggar’s disguise and flees the palace, seeking refuge in the cupbearer’s home. Unbeknownst to him, the very assassin his own court magician hired lies in wait under the same roof.
The story follows our protagonist (with no name, played by Miklós Galla), who loses his season ticket on the bus. The quest for said item is filled with bizarre encounters with retarded cabbies, cannibalistic station guards, trigger happy busdrivers, kinky buses, a homicidal maniac running amok…
