Marido (alto funcionário do ministério) e mulher encontram a sua casa repleta de dispositivos de escuta colocados lá pelo seu próprio ministério. Segue-se ma noite angustiante (uma reminiscência de 'Quem Tem Medo de Virginia Woolf'), e a resolução é pior do que serem levados para a prisão. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
The Ronov castle has been changed into a hotel, offering stylish facilities to its guests: weddings in the torture chamber, a Black Lancer kidnapping brides, a night's lodging in a family tomb etc. The reformed petty swindler Felix Pacínek (Bohumil Smída) runs the hotel. The business is far from thriving; the place is half-empty, and the jazz band Skeleton, together with their singer Zuzanka (Jaroslava Obermaierová), decide to leave. Nobody in the hotel has any idea that the band is in fact a gang of thieves who have just robbed the Prague State Bank, taking two million crowns from its vaults.
Kornet
Marketa Lazarova é um épico medieval poderoso, situado no século Xlll. Baseado na obra do escritor Vladislav Vancura, o filme segue a rivalidade entre dois clãs guerreiros, os Kozliks e os Lazars. Lazar segue o cristianismo e é pai da jovem Marketa Lazarová. Quando Lazar recusa-se a ajudar Kozlík numa guerra, Mikolás, o filho de Kozlík, sequetra Marketa, que se preparava para entrar num convento. Mas o amor dos filhos dos rivais, Mikolas Kozlik e Marketa Lazarova, é condenado por ambas as famílias.
O engenheiro Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) está em tratamento num manicómio depois de sua tentativa frustrada de cometer suicídio. A sua terapeuta, através de discussões tanto com o paciente como com as pessoas que o conhecem, tenta descobrir o que fez o jovem e aparentemente satisfeito decidir terminar sua própria vida. A bela esposa de Jan, Jana (Jana Brejchová), afirma não saber de nada, mas ela está a viver um caso com um amigo da família, quase publicamente, e com a bênção de seus pais.
Tram driver Marie has far too much to do after her shift is over. But she likes to do it all since she loves her husband Václav sincerely. One day she spots him on the Lesser Town Square in Prague, kissing an attractive blonde good-bye. It seems to Marie that her small comfortable world has collapsed and she walks out of the tram in tears. But her sadness does not last long. She wipes off the tears and begins to act. She withdraws all the money from their savings books and buys off all the latest models from the Fashion Works. The visit to the beauty salon then completes her transformation into a lady.
Policeman (segment "Smrt na Jehle")
Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case between climbers, the death of the dancer in the music theater and the strange disappearance of the mathematics professor.
In 1965, the experienced director Jaroslav Mach made a documentary film with staged scenes, which dealt with the current problems of popular Czech sport. Behind the scenes of football, the playmakers looked through slavoje's team, which is preparing for the decisive match. If Coach Ram doesn't force his boys to perform convincingly, they're in danger of relegation to league two. After a series of dramatic peripeteias, Slavoj takes the field so weakened that he is caught up in the dreaded failure. Fortunately, the club's fans will eventually take their anger out on the loss of "their" team to an innocent referee. The film also features criticism of officials... In addition to actors Martin Růžek and Bohumil Šmída, Machov's film appeared real footballers Dukla and period sports stars (e.g. František Plánička).
At the end of May 1918, released prisoners return to the Rumburk garrison from Russian captivity, hoping that the war is over for them. The only thing they want is to get their withheld ...
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show.
Bookseller
During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert. Two years later, it turns out the saved man was also the Taman king; and he has decided to name Lojza, a communist, his royal heir.
Student
member of the Young Scene
