1992 Czech animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer

1990 film by Jiří Menzel

1967 film by Oldřich Lipský

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

爱读书的主人买了一个新书柜，他的藏书纷纷爬上书柜，按照文学、哲学、自然、社科、音乐、绘画、饮食、旅游分门别类排列起来。不过这个过程喧嚣不已，本门类的书之间还分化出小的帮派，彼此斗争不断。比如拉封丹大预言和牛津字典的互相斗气、亚里士多德与柏拉图相互蚕食。音乐书籍们自顾自开起了演唱会，绘画书籍则开办了名画展览。 喧嚣过后，各类书籍纷纷就位，原本空空的书架被排得满满当当，只剩下托尔斯泰、莎士比亚、陀思妥耶夫斯基这样的大部头留在地上垫书架……

在一间废弃的俱乐部里，堆放着许多破旧的人体模特。虽然处在人类遗忘的角落，但他们却渐渐有了人性，由此组成一个怪异而平静的公寓族群：“丈夫”每天按时起床，和断臂的“妻子”拥抱后带着便当出门上班；“妻子”专心在家准备美味的晚宴；“女乐手”沉溺于自己的音乐世界；“老人”固执地砸着不出声的话匣子；“老奶奶”和“小女孩”平静地坐着针线活；强壮“男人”则透窥着隔壁的“美女”。日复一日，周而复始，平静中带着些许枯燥。 但他们的生活很快被一群外来者搅乱……

Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation