Snow in the Carpathians

Throughout three different episodes, an emigrant mistrusts the girlfriend he left in Spain, a boyfriend has relations with a tourist and a workshop mechanic drives a client's car on his day off.

Jakarta Maghrib is an omnibus movie derived from five real events experienced by some urban Jakarta residents during maghrib.

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.

Cohen takes an elliptical approach in telling the story of Pinchas Rutenberg, a visionary, complex, and larger-than-life figure, who, amongst other things, brought electricity to Jewish Palestine in the early 20th century by building a hydroelectric power station in Nahararyim.

After the Nazis take over political power in Germany 1933 the father of Rosi and Hansi, a member of the communist party, must hide from police. One thing he left behind is a watch which might contain a message.