The Gold Hen

Taxi driver Marcel Tůma calls at a local supermarket on his way back from work. When he gets home, he finds a gold-shell egg among the eggs he bought. A jeweller confirms that the shell is of real gold, paying him good money for its half. Marcel's girlfriend Irena realizes the value of the egg and decides at all costs to find the hen that lays such treasures. She looks up the address of the hennery, and she deceitfully gets a few-day access to visit. Despite they grow two hundred thousand hens there, Irena succeeds in finding the magic hen, taking it to Marcel's apartment. They both pick a gold egg every day. Irena becomes greedy, longing for more eggs. She reads plenty of heredity studies; then gets a cock, hoping to breed another magic hen. Breeding hens in a block-of-flats brings a lot of trouble, though. The The cock crows early in the morning, neighbours keep complaining and Marcel gets in trouble because a client of his gets dirty in the flat because of the chicken droppings. Marcel refuses to take care of the chicken. Irena and Marcel have a big quarrel and split up. Irena leaves him to live with her aunt in a small village, where unfortunately the hen gets stolen by a fox. The new grown chicken only lays ordinary eggs. Eventually Irena and Marcel make up their quarrel, finding out that the happiness is more than money.