二战期间，德国纳粹将战火燃至捷克境内，一时间硝烟四起。然而，在捷克某个乡村火车站内，却生活着一群事不关己、高高挂起的乐天派。谄媚且爱养鸽子的站长马克思（Vladimír Valenta 饰）、风流成性的胡比克（Josef Somr 饰）、成天想着与胡比克鬼混的女站员赞妮克（Vlastimil Brodský 饰）以及羞涩的见习员米罗（Václav Neckár 饰）。正因为有了他们，沉闷的乡间小站才充满着欢声笑语。 米罗与女列车员玛萨（Jitka Scoffin 饰）相爱，但在欢愉之时他却发现自己不举！这令米罗失去活下去的勇气…… 本片荣获1968年奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。

二战胜利后，纳粹军人克劳斯隐藏了起来，他通过服用抗衰老药，活到了20世纪90年代，他与双胞胎弟弟布拉格一起研制时光机器，计划利用时光机器返回1944年的德国，并将氢弹现给希特勒，使他战胜盟军，彻底改变现代历史...

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka.

一个童话般的捷克小镇，镇上住著各式各样的怪诞人物，一天镇上来了一位魔法师，这位魔法师拥有一只神奇的猫，只要它戴上眼镜便能看穿人心，叫人无所遁形。它能将说谎的人变成紫色、将小偷变成灰色、不忠诚的人变成黄色，还能将恋爱中的人变成红色，却也引来害怕被看穿的人追杀。这是部带有警示、哲学意味的现代童话寓言，魔幻写实的风格、缤纷七彩的影像，带领我们进入梦幻般的异想世界。

In this film, a couple, after seeing the lovely job a friend of theirs has done in converting an old mill house into a cozy mansion, moves into an old farmhouse after persuading the current owner, an old man, to leave. When they arrive, he appears to be preparing to leave, but it soon becomes evident that the man has no intention of going to live with his children, and intends to stay in the house. At first, they find his presence unbearable, but when he must go to the hospital, they begin to realize that they care for the feisty old gentleman. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide