A troupe of ballerinas find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition.
Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown and the royal heir after his death.
In a small village, a terrible epidemic is decimating the people. Desperate men, in the absence of a priest, try to end the horrors with their own methods. They believe that the cause of all troubles is a demon called Csóré. One day a stranger arrives in the village.
