The film crew for An Introduction to Motor Cycling had to improvise with their equipment to capture the full experience of riding a motorbike. Here we see a motorcycle fitted out with handmade dual-angle cameras to simultaneously film the rider’s point of view and the bike’s rear view.
Cornélio, an aged man and famous baritone, marries the young Angelica, who plans with her ex-boyfriend Bruno, to kill the husband with contaminated oysters, but she ends up the one who gets sick.
An extended dream sequence presents a biblical allegory about the creation, downfall and rebirth of humanity, told through a series of surrealistic vignettes and musical numbers.
The film is based on the memoirs of partisan commander Peter Kružliak. Lieutenant Peter Kubiš is ordered to move with his unit to the mountains after the fall of Banská Bystrica, where he is to receive further orders.