An eight-part animated portrait of various species, accompanied by a different style of music. The various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), Hexapoda (bolero), Pisces (blues), Reptilia (tarantella), Aves (tango), Mammalia (minuet), Simiae (polka) and Homo (waltz). Each animation mixes drawings, pictures, real animals and animated skeletons.
| Directing | Jan Švankmajer | Director |
| Editing | Milada Sádková | Editor |
| Production | Antonín Vaněk | Production Manager |
| Camera | Zdeněk Šibrava | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Screenplay |
| Art | Jan Švankmajer | Art Direction |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Story |
| Crew | Karel Maršálek | Dramaturgy |
| Sound | Benjamin Astrug | Sound |