Jan Schmidt

Opening with a striking montage of the final countdown to global nuclear war, the picture jumps ahead half a century and a précis tracing mankind's gradual regression to barbarism. (surrealmoviez.info)

The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian, an old acquaintance, in Prague. When Harold stumbles across a state-run cat-lending store, he impulsively rents a feline for the day. Later, he attempts to return the cat and finds that the store no longer exists. Now with a furry companion, Harold continues his search for Kilian. (allmovie)

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia’s unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short. (Letterboxd)

The heroine of a motion picture falls from the screen and into the real world. (imdb)