When he leaves the house, he sets off several fuses that put the devices in motion.
The woman is catapulted out of bed, showered, dressed and taken to the breakfast table, where coffee is automatically poured for her and toast flies onto her plate.
A crossbow opens the breakfast egg and a device delivers a photo of the man containing a love message.
Interviewing Helmer for Filmmaker, Nick Dawson recalls that the first "studied at Munich’s School of Television and Film, and made quirky shorts throughout his time there" including what he calls the "highly inventive Surprise!".
[5] A contemporary Italian reviewer judged that "the taste, in (their) personal opinion, (was) a little too heavy German style".