A railway fairy tale about how the devil fell in love with Bětuška and the machines... The young devil Fadrius is supposed to pass the diploma exam at the hellish university by gaining a soul on the ground of hell according to the questionnaire he received. So he sets off for his destination - the village of Dražice in Bohemia. He tries to get the soul of the old woman Kolejačka and the track master Doubek. But he falls in love with his daughter Bětuška. But Doubek does not want to give her to him...

Young Mordechai Mayzl has long been in love with Sarah, the daughter of the Prague chief rabbi of the Jewish community. But Mordechai is very poor, so he can only dream of marrying the girl he loves. Or rely on a miracle. Fortunately, in the Rudolfine era in which our heroes lived, magic and miracles abounded. And so it happened that the miserly primate, on one of his returns from a business trip, stumbled upon the coveted golden treasure in the forest. What the primate's greed causes and the intricate paths the treasure takes to reach its rightful owner are told in this fairy tale, which was filmed based on a story by E. Petiška.

The old king is tired, he wants to hand over the reign to his son, so he forces him to go out into the world to look for a bride. The prince doesn't really want to get married. Where is the guarantee that the princess he chooses won't be evil and domineering? But in the end he obeys. Little does he know that his father will use a magic threshold to ensure that he marries the right one...

The difference in personalities and lifestyles is the core of Zdeněk Svěrák's hilarious comedy. The story of two elderly gentlemen begins in a hospital, where they are both hospitalized. Former tram driver Havlík discovers that his new acquaintance Chouň does not have an apartment and offers him that he can temporarily live with him. The latter happily accepts the offer and soon changes Havlík's proper and honorable life as a widower. The old conductor realizes that he can also live differently: cheerfully and carefree. The idyll is ruined when Chouň robs Havlík...

An extraordinary event occurs at a rural pharmacy. Pharmacy manager Sychra discovers that one of the pharmacy staff has mixed peroxide into the ointment instead of distilled water. During the night shift, he immediately calls all employees to the workplace. It turns out that the defective medicine has already been dispensed to four sick children. Although it does not pose a health risk, it is a burden for the children. The search for the culprit focuses on Lída, a lab technician and honest worker who immediately admits to the mistake, saying she used an unlabeled bottle. However, it is clear that someone else was involved in replacing the distilled water with peroxide...

When little Jirka Novák and his classmate Zdeněk's family take part in a merry Santa Claus journey through the city, he has no idea how important a change in his life this evening will bring. The story of a ten-year-old boy who unexpectedly discovers his grandfather, with whom his parents had separated forever years ago, sensitively tells of the loneliness from which little Jirka finds a way out and manages to bring his grandfather back to the family.