一个年轻的大学生因为不想让女友在假期参加政治学习班,而在明信片上开了一个小小的玩笑,这让他的一生付出惨痛的代价:开出党籍、开除学籍、被罚去矿区服苦役,在社会上遭受着"另类“的待遇。15年后,世事沧桑,当这位大学生获释,巧遇曾迫害过他的党小组组长时,他本想以勾引他的妻子来报复,没想到反而帮了这位另结新欢的小组长一个大忙,更荒谬的是,这位小组长因为政治立场的转变成为了一个反斯大林主义的英雄。
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running gags border on slapstick as the officials and the students don't know what to do with the nude models.
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.
导演其实在开篇的旁白里就已经说出了故事的结局,电影是一出悲剧。但却是以喜剧的形式讲述的。
三名孤儿,安德列、尤里克与玛尔塔。其实都是成年人,但他们的行为却如孩子般天真。三人住在一所战争中被炸毁的教堂里。有趣的是,这所教堂竟然还有个房东,他也是个孤儿。胖胖的,可爱的老头, 贪吃、爱玩,喜欢弹钢琴。安德列与尤里克本是好友,但自从犹太女孩玛尔塔到来之后,他们的关系变得异常微妙。尤里克无缘由地被抓进监狱。一年出狱后,发现已经是物是人非。他们的将来会何去何从呢?
片中的鸟儿,是指人死后灵魂的象征物;愚人,也可以说是“傻瓜”,是指那些在战争中失去理智的疯子或者被别人称为是有理性的那些人。
剧中经常出现不合常理、超现实的人物、场景。