Pavel, a puppeteer from Prague, meets a woman from a completely different social milieu in Vienna who is fascinated by his world of phantasy. Soon however, she realizes that he can express his emotions only with Pepito, his favourite pupper.
The family is the nucleus of the nation. A short satire, on the upbringing of an eight-year old, the parent's sex life, and an evening in the living room with TV and video.
Despite its South-of-the-Border title, Caracas is an Austrian love triangle. Gas-station owner Gerhard Zehmann is saddled with cheating wife Regina Bill. The man would like to escape to Venezuela, but he can't unload his wife. Then he meets a woman who is the exact double of his wife (also played by Regina Bill, of course). Falling in love with this clone, the husband hatches a plan. He'll murder his wife, then leave for Venezuela with her look-alike so as not to arouse suspicion. Are foolproof plans like these ever really foolproof?
Set in a garrison town in Austria before 1914, is the story of the unfortunate love between simple lieutenant Anton Hofmiller and Edith, the paralyzed daughter of the count, who is the richest man in the region.