Samu Balázs is a strange phenomenon of Hungarian theater and film history. After graduating from the theater academy, he performed in dramatic hero roles in Cluj-Napoca and Nagyvárád: he successfully portrayed Ádám, Bánk bánk, and Hamlet. With the help of valuable source documents, the book presents the undeservedly forgotten heroic age of minority Hungarian theater. The career of one of the largest-format character actors of the 20th century leads from Transylvania to the nation's capital. At the National Theater, he is a part of epoch-making performances - Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion, Professor Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya, Malvolio in Vízkerzest. His wry humor and measured appearance prevailed primarily when portraying intriguing figures. He was called "the most English Hungarian actor" because of his aloof elegance. Samu Balázs created a lasting impression not only in the theater: we also remember him from Károly Makk's classic films, the never-boring Liliomfi and the Oscar-nominated Cat's Play. His son Ádám Balázs wrote a book about the Kossuth Prize-winning artist. The author worked as a journalist and diplomat, and worked on his father's career with great subject knowledge and exact methods. The sensitively written career plan, accompanied by the disclosure of closely guarded sources, is spiced up with entertaining anecdotes and interwoven with the author's personal memories.