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Director Chris Marker begins by recounting his childhood dream of visiting the city of Peking, a city he was once only able to admire in books. The viewer is taken on a journey through this city, as if experiencing it from the mind and through the eyes of Marker.

Through a series of pantomimes, Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, evokes the three ages of life: youth, middle and old age.

Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language - he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian.

One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

The French capital lives in shock at the wave of murder, the police manage to make a robot portrait of the murderer, whose physical features coincide with those of the journalist Gilbert. Gilbert tries to prove his innocence

Lorelei, a pretty orphan girl, is driven by misery to take refuge at the manor of her uncle and guardian, Doctor Frankensberg. This one, non content to be a disquieting man, is engaged in weird experiences. Among other creatures, Frankensberg has managed to give life to a horrible monster, Torticola,his damned soul. But when the mad scientist decides to transfuse Lorelei's blood into Torticola, the creature rebels and sets the young woman free, letting her flee with Eric, the cat-man.

This French comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood western genre.