The Nativity

In the South Bohemian little town, young Lenka (Lenka Machoninová) prepares for her meeting with Pavel (Ivan Vyskocil), who is visiting her from Prague. She invites her girlfriend Markéta (Miluse Voborníková) to accompany her to the date. Pavel is not alone, either - his friend Honza (Viktor Sodoma) arrived with him on a scooter. The young people walk through the forest and have a bath in the small forest lake. As the day goes, it becomes gradually clear that both the boys are interested in the more attractive Markéta.

Throughout their youth, best friends Beth and Paula, created codes of friendship so that they would remain best friends forever. As their friendship matured, the codes that were once so clear became complicated. When Paula's ex-boyfriend, Markus, resurfaced into their lives, the codes that were supposed to strengthen their friendship tears it apart.

At an embassy ball Robert Carlton meets the girl of his dreams. He is attracted by an odd ring she wears, a circle of perfectly matched rubies. The following evening Carlton is jostled by an evil-looking fellow. Pausing to light a cigarette, he discovers a ring upon the sidewalk, a counterpart of that worn by the girl he loves. He places the ring on his finger. Some evenings later Robert visits a Bohemian café. A distinguished looking foreigner enters; a gleam of satisfaction appears as he catches sight of the ring which Carlton wears. He drops a note into Carlton's lap and then leaves. Carlton finds the note a sort of cryptic invitation to follow. Outside the café he meets the stranger who, without a word, leads the way. Carlton follows into an evil-looking house. Once inside the stranger leaves him. Carlton begins a tour of inspection when he hears a slight rustle. Turning, he is astonished to see the girl uppermost in his thoughts. She accuses him of being a detective. Carlton explains the affair. As she is about to help him out of the place the stranger returns with a dark robe. The girl is at her wits' end. Entering, Carlton finds himself in an underground council chamber containing thirty or forty strange figures clad like himself in long dark flowing robes. The leader of the meeting calls for the password. Carlton cannot give it. The leader, accusing him of being a spy, condemns him to death. Carlton is chained to the wall, beside a lighted bomb. To save the man she loves, the girl leaves by a secret passage and informs the police. She saves her lover from the clutches of the Nihilists, by herself turning traitor to the cause.

Drowning in debt, a desperate father is left with the responsibility of his two young children. He sees as solution to flee the mining camp where they live, sending the children with a stranger at dawn, to cross the frozen Andean mountains