Felügyelõ
Young script-writer Frantisek (Petr Cepek) is hired to write a film script based on the successful novel Looking Back. He meets with the novel's female author, a University professor and writer named Olga Machová (Jirina Trebická), approximately ten-years-older than him. In the beginning, they do not understand each other at all. Frantisek is a skeptic experiencing a moral crisis, unsatisfied with both his work and his private life - he lives separated from his wife and has no deeper feelings for his numerous lovers. He even gets drunk from time to time and breaks the public peace. Olga is lonesome, too, but considers her life fulfilled.
Maňas
Unas jóvenes obreras viven en una pensión de Zruc, entre ellas Andula. La escasez de hombres en la pequeña ciudad preocupa a los funcionarios de la fábrica de zapatos, ya que las chicas están decididas a irse de Zruc, precisamente por esta razón. Para evitarlo, utilizan sus influencias para conseguir que se instale en la ciudad una guarnición militar. Sin embargo, para desilusión de las chicas, los soldados son todos veteranos. (FILMAFFINITY)