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A fairy tale about the proud princess Krasomila who refused to marry King Miroslav.

The terrible effect of the Nazis upon a single Jewish family provides the basis for this drama. The family cannot handle the strain and gradually breaks up. Interspliced within the film are newsreel clips of angry crowds, and scenes of horror.

Resistance and reprisals in Nazi occupied Czechia (then called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia).

After their epic defeat at the Battle of Lipany, the Taborites rally around their radical leader, Jan Rohac, to defy the tyrannical Emperor Sigismund as the Hussite Wars draw to a close.

1945 Prague. Citizens join fights actively against a tank brigade heading near the city. Thy are organizing a resistance against the Germans.

Year 1919. Young country girl Anna (Marie Tomásová) arrives in Prague to serve in a rich family of builder Rubes. She encounters Toník (Josef Bek), a foundry worker in the Kolben-Danek Machinery Works and active member of the social democratic party. He, his friends and her mate Mána (Jana Dítetová) teach Anna how to deal with her employer and about the class struggle.

"Soup for Poor Children" tells the story of how Prince Robert himself cooked soup for poor children, "The Meeting of the Municipal Council in Mejdlovary" is the history of the filling of the post of municipal policeman, "The Troubles of Mr. Tenkrat" shows how strange events lead to marriage and promotion, "The Revolt of Convict Sejba" describes the victorious struggle of Convict Sejba for a dumpling for the altar at mass.

Literary adaptation: The life of a family of wandering comedians.

Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely house of Santrucek family. The postman, who found Bláha's coat and hat in the water, announces to everyone in town that the professor has drowned. But, the venerable citizens are at that moment more interested in the theatre group with the beautiful guest actress Eva Gazdová. They demand a change of repertoire and manage to persuade the theatre manager to have the group play the musical comedy The Red Lizard instead of an established play.

Only 2 years after the end of WWII, a comedy,with much ingenious clowning,on Nazism in which two Prague street car conductors need to quietly remove a drunken German soldier from the occupied city.

Mr. Novák, a clerk at the insurance company, cares only about his job. Even the social changes in February 1948 leave him indifferent. He only becomes aware of them when the insurance company is closed down. He has to make a decision: either retire or go to work in a factory.

Jan Sochor, a renowned poacher, is strongly opposed to the young prince wooing his daughter Baruska. He remembers all too well the time of his own youth and his contribution to the preservation of the princely family.