A young man studying law finds a place to stay with a young conductor, thinking that he will find an idyllic Lesser Town atmosphere here and will be able to prepare for his exams in peace. The house is inhabited by distinctive characters. The owner, who sometimes loses his memory, and his lovely, modest daughter of marriageable age live here, as do an unsuccessful painter and his temperamental wife, as well as a certain mysterious Provazník, who writes anonymous letters to his neighbors in order to have malicious fun at their expense. However, the landlady causes the young man the greatest trouble...

Two historical stories about love. In the story "The Arabian Horse", the scheming townsman Messer Fr...

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes in...

When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert do...

Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Logan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns tha...

While a plague devastates the peasantry, a mad prince hosts a masquerade ball for the noble class in...

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay...
A certain Mr. Mlácen is brought to the asylum, wanting to sell two church bells. He first offers the...

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of s...

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work...

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its ow...

Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongin...

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that the...

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling ...

For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment into...

Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank i...