Presents a history of the Czech Republic and its people, covering historical points such as its existence as part of the Austrian empire in the 1800s; independence in 1918; Nazi occupation in World War II; Communist rule; the Prague Spring; and the Velvet Revolution.
Tomas, a hopeless philanderer and successful surgeon, flees Prague when the Russians invade in 1968 and heads for Switzerland where he must provide for himself and his lover by working as a window washer.
