Jean é assombrado por seu pesadelo terrível e quebra todo o quarto do hotel onde está hospedado, assustando os hóspedes. O evento o leva a conhecer o Marquês, um homem que ainda vive como se estivesse no século XVIII, que oferece a Jean um tempo de estadia em seu palácio e uma possível cura para seu "problema".
Baseado no folclore Tcheco, o filme conta a história de um casal que não pode ter filhos. Então o marido escava no quintal uma raiz e a talha, de forma a tomar a forma de um bebê. Sua esposa decide cuidar dela como se fosse uma criança. A raiz ganha vida, para a alegria da mãe. Entretanto, a estranha criança acaba desenvolvendo grande apreço por carne e quanto mais ela cresce, maior se torna seu apetite.
"Domingo". Isso é tudo o que está escrito numa carta anônima que o senhor Peony recebe das mãos de Malkova, a responsável pelo Correio da cidade. É também um sinal para que ele se prepare para as mais extremas e estranhas experiências de prazer.
BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser - and the same fate befalls the man who obtains breakfast from him. LUNCH: After failing to catch the waiter's eye, two would-be diners end up eating everything within reach. DINNER: Portraits of various meals made up of human organs.
BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser - and the same fate befalls the man who obtains breakfast from him. LUNCH: After failing to catch the waiter's eye, two would-be diners end up eating everything within reach. DINNER: Portraits of various meals made up of human organs.
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some knowledge of the subject is essential in order to understand the film, which is entirely visual.
The story takes place entirely on a kitchen counter and sees two slices of raw meat as protagonists. The first slice is courted by the second and together they dance to the notes of a recording from the 1920s broadcast on the radio, after which the two slices find themselves playing and flirting on a plate full of flour, but the passion is abruptly interrupted by two skewers who fork the two slices and fry them in a pan.
It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish brothers. Each of the veterans is given a magic item - one gets magic harp that provides him with servants by wish, other one endless pouch of gold and the last one owns magic hat that can create all the staff excluding money and people.