Robert Slezák

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Ansis é um jovem pintor com dois sonhos simples: casar-se com Zisele, a linda filha de um comerciante judeu local, e seguir a carreira de artista enquanto trabalha como pintor de letreiros. Mas seus sonhos são repetidamente esmagados pelas forças da guerra. O país, o povo, o vilarejo, e até o coração de Ansis viram apenas peças descartáveis num tabuleiro em que os regimes totalitários brigam pelo poder.

Depois de testemunhar sua mãe sendo baleada pelas tropas invasoras alemãs, Arturs, de 16 anos, junto com seu pai, decide se alistar nos batalhões de fuzileiros da Letônia do Exército Imperial Russo, na esperança de se vingar e encontrar a glória. Arturs continua a lutar na Primeira Guerra Mundial na Frente Oriental, onde perde seu pai e irmão, e rapidamente se desilude. Eventualmente, Arturs retorna ao seu recém-proclamado país para lutar na Guerra da Independência da Letônia e começar tudo do zero.

Situated in Prague, a 20-year-old Vietnamese named Song, hoped for a better future in Europe. But now in a Vietnamese district in Prague, he is trapped in a marijuana grow house and has life of a modern slave. Police rounds up the place. Song runs away on the rooftop of a condo building in a nearby district where he breaks down. Mr. Rypar (78) lives alone. He is fond of the old times, living in a strong opposition to modern world. Rypar goes up on the roof and meets Song standing on the very edge of the roof crying and the story begins.

The last six months of the life of Jan Palach, who self-immolated to protest against the invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush of Prague Spring.

The marriage of Tana and Milan Labat is going through a crisis. They are constantly quarreling while their 16-year-old daughter goes missing at her birthday party. The couple redefine their marriage as they set off to find their child.

The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Aleksandr, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.

A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing his sources of inspiration and his revolutionary filming techniques.