One day the dog decides not to chase the cat, the cat decides not to chase the mouse, the mouse decides not to chase the lady, and they all have a party.
Boris Grushenko, a timid soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon and after a hilarious confrontation with the Angel of Death finds himself facing a firing squad.
In 1954, the era of live TV, a hapless production assistant is given the task of keeping his alcoholic film idol out of trouble long enough to appear on the King Kaiser Hour.