A group of Czech artists choose to ignore the realities of Nazi occupation in this brooding experimental war drama. When a pretty female refugee comes to town seeking help, she awakens the sexual desires of all the men, but the only one who helps her is a sympathetic sculptor. When she is allegedly killed, the man sends the artists who refused to aid the woman death masks of the victim. All later conclude that the woman was not mortal.

冷漠的面孔，行进的人群，那一抹抹红色点缀着布拉格街头的寒冷，让温暖流淌在匆忙的交错过往之间。车站自是离别伤感之所，身为道桥扳道员的父亲（Vladimír Javorský 饰）抱着儿子拉多（Ladislav Ondrej 饰）穿梭在离别的人群之中，看他们喜乐哀伤诀别亲人、诀别爱人、诀别曾留下足迹的城市。父子俩的生活简单质朴，幸福却从未因家庭的不完整而有半点缺失。儿子祈求第二天去父亲的工作场所，谁曾想这却是一个改变很多人一生的约定……本片荣获2003年棕榈泉国际短片电影节最佳影片奖、2003美国温馨电影展（HeartLand Film Festival）水晶心奖。

This apocalyptic parable carries within it a clear echo of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. This unforgiving exploration of the Czech mentality tells the tale of a troupe of wandering actors who perform a passion play in some unnamed village. Fear of some unknown danger breaks out in the village, which is cut off from the surrounding world. Stupidity, selfishness and aggressiveness then come to the surface in this society under threat. In the film's key scene, a woman is raped by the self-styled leader. Zdenuk Mahler, who would later work on Forman's examination Mozart Amadeus, worked on the script.The director Evald Schorm (1929-1988) was one of the most original members of the Czech New Wave. During the normalization era, Schorm spent many years unable to direct. His last film, Killing with Kindness (1988) was only made in the twilight years of Communism. During that period when he was unable to direct films, he became an outstanding stage director. He directed groundbreaking pro