Egisto Olivieri

Érase una vez una anciana que descubre un bebé en su campo de coles; como se compadece de él, lo adopta. Cuando la anciana muere, el niño, Totò, entra en un orfanato. Años más tarde, deja el orfanato como un hombre joven y feliz, y busca trabajo en el Milán de la posguerra. Termina ayudando a personas sin hogar y los organiza para construir un barrio de chabolas en un terreno baldío. Los ocupantes descubren petróleo en el terreno, y Totò tiene una visión de la anciana, que le da una paloma mágica que le concederá cualquier cosa que desee.

In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to end his days.

Un hombre huye al galope de una casa en llamas. Un gitano entra y encuentra a una niña pequeña, que crecerá con él y a la que llamará Satanella. Ya mayor, buscará venganza.

Un músico no puede hacer que su música sea apreciada, mientras que sus habilidades como cantante, que generalmente no considera, son bien vistas por todos. Es una persona muy sensible pero al mismo tiempo muy temerosa en relacionarse con el otro sexo. Un amigo le anima a no perder la esperanza diciéndole que encontrará a su compañera cuando sus hijos, ya existentes en la mente de Dios, elijan a la que será su madre; de esto surgen una serie de vicisitudes que llevarán al protagonista a encontrarse con su futura esposa.

A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

Seduced by count Diego and then abandoned, Adriana finds a job at a large hairdresser shop, so she can lead a dignified life together with her daughter.

In 1893, on an island in the Strait of Sicily, a woman is beginning to go crazy due to an officer that she loved leaving. When she believes a newly arrived official to be the man that left her, he plays along.

Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. In the 30s, his son in Italy wants also to become a pilot, and Luciano accepts an offer of a double dealing agent for a flight from Rio to Rome, but his plane crashes in the Atlantic. For the world Luciano Serra is missing, but he has entered the Italian army under a new name to fight in Ethiopia. The train in which his unit travels is attacked by Ethiopian soldiers, his son flying a reconasaince mission is shot down and wounded by the same attacking enemies. Will Luciano be able to fly the plane back, to get close air support for the outnumbered Italian troups?

A wealthy colonist and his handsome foreman help the natives to exploit their land . The colonist's daughter falls in love with a handsome Andrea. The father disapprove of their relationship. Andrea is fired. He runs away with one of the natives. To make sure the boy will stay with her, the black woman gives him a "magic" potion. Andrea becomes her white slave .