坐监多年的扬•迪特（奥德里奇•凯瑟饰）大赦获释，他被“放逐”到捷克北部边境森林里修一条看上去永远修不完的道路。回想年轻时候，迪特感慨万千，那时的自己（伊万•巴尼弗饰）只是个年轻的饭店服务生，却立志要成为百万富豪。小个子的他精通服务之道，同时不忘追逐金钱和女人。他先后到过生活奢靡的天堂艳楼，布拉格最气派豪华的巴黎饭店。在那里，饭店领班告诉迪特，他之所以精通各项待客之道，是因为曾侍候过英国国王。
第二次世界大战前后的捷克情势变化莫测，迪特遇见了同是小个子的德国姑娘丽莎（朱丽娅•耶特斯饰）并遇到许多困难，但他依然坚定不移地朝着立下的目标努力……

The other script based on a Fuks novel was "Myši Natalie Mooshalrové" [The Mice of Natalie Mooshabr, the novel was first published in 1969]. I knew that I would be his director and these were the films I wanted to make. But of course, Spalovač was banned after a couple of weeks or months, and I knew that this wasn't going to work. Later on I read in the newspaper that Spalovač mrtvol was nominated for an Oscar, but it was more deadweight than help. After Spalovač, I was in a bad situation, and I needed to get out of Prague. I got an offer to go to Slovakia to make the television film Sladké hry minulého léta [The Sweet Games of Last Summer, 1969] there.

小彼得的父母在布拉格之春蘇聯入侵時逃往維也納，留下他與祖父母在捷克斯拉夫同住，過著躲躲藏藏的生活。他也渴望離開，卻放心不下祖父母。

一个陷阱，女主角的兽医身份，男主角的广告-巴哈巧克力「球」上。编导随性游走，以一个社会真实事件的惊爆陷阱戏为中心，阐述清楚但不浅薄的关注。 　　导演及剧作家VeraChytilova于1929年在捷克出生，被称为捷克电影的第一夫人，也是60年代捷克电影新浪潮的重要先驱。她善长以非传统的方式及令人意想不到的角度去观察每天生活中最普通的事物。