Krvavý Román plot
A writer buries his wife and thanks her; after all, she gave way to a new woman who can provide him with the money to finish his horror story. That story begins with Prince Pedro de Rudibanera in Barcelona, who mourns the loss of his daughter who mysteriously disappeared ten years earlier. Then his brother Kurt shows up, who catches the prince with his beloved Elzevira. In a fit of rage, he cuts off the fingers of her left hand. Then a number of stories are discussed that are related in intricate ways; among others about a gamekeeper who is a widower and finds a new love and a man who works in a morgue and finds a new love there.