Segment "Smrt pana Baltazara" (The Death of Mr. Baltazar) directed by Jirí Menzel was inspired by the fatal accident of the German motorcycle racer Hans Baltisberger at the 1956 Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia.
Dana Valtová's debut.
The order of the short films are: (1) Smrt pana Baltazara, or The death of Mr. Baltazar; (2) Podvodníci, or Fraudsters; (3) Dum radosti, or House of Joy; (4) Automat Svet, or The Restaurant The World; and (5) Romance.