Jozef Príhoda

Um inepto camponês Tcheco divide-se entre a ganância e a culpa quando um chefe da base nazista de sua cidade o nomeia "Supervisor Ariano" de uma loja de botões de uma idosa viúva judia. Humor e tragédia fundem-se na sarcástica exploração da cordialidade de um homem comprometido com o horror do regime totalitário.

Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.