Латышский мальчуган Спиридитис уходит от злой мачехи искать счастья и попадает в замок Матери Ветров. За свою доброту и готовность помочь, за чуткое, отзывчивое сердце он получает в дар волшебную дудочку, палочку и перстень, которые помогают ему победить Черта, задумавшего взять в жены принцессу Златовласку, спастись от Ведьмы и вернуться и родные края. Пройдя через множество испытаний, Спиридитис понимает, что только на родной земле, рядом с односельчанами, любимой бабушкой и верной подругой Лиените он может быть по-настоящему счастлив.
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages. The very young Zdena (Marta Vancurová), too, dreams about a white veil and an entourage of bridesmaids. On her return home from work, she runs into a peculiar man on an abandoned road who pertinaciously offers to read her palm for a few crowns to buy soup. His augury is rather usual - wealth and poverty, suffering and happiness. Then however, he declares that Zdena must marry exactly on 3 November of that year otherwise she will be unhappy.
Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally, and in a talent competition a young girl gets stage fright, while another lies to her boss to compete.
