Inna Gulaya

Little moments in the course of a very brief romance make up the bulk of this tender, lyrical film. On a bus filled with young people going for an outing to the theater, Victor, a scruffy geologist, and Lena, a young factory worker, strike up a conversation. He has traveled to many interesting places, she is young, recently divorced, and has a child. When she invites him to join the group at the theater, he says that he's too grungy to go there.

World War II veteran Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov has become a heavy drinker with no interest in finding employment of any kind. He joins a collective farm, claiming to be the father of Natasha, a resident there. (en.wikipedia.org)

The year is 1914, and Prague prepares for the visit of Archduke Ferdinand. Police are thus depriving the city of politically unreliable people. One of them is the writer Jaroslav Hasek, who is located in a madhouse.