In a Balkan country gripped by terrifying war, horror is part of everyday life. When the enemy approaches, the worst can happen and turn into a real sexual nightmare for innocent prisoners.
Salvatore, director de la película muda La condesa Azul, tiene problemas con el productor. De repente, sustituyen a la protagonista por una chica desconocida, Teresa, que conocerá un gran triunfo. Con el estallido de la guerra, Salvatore partirá al frente y no volverá. Teresa se quedará sola con sus recuerdos...
Gerardo es un actor al que nadie considera como tal. Pero éste no es su único problema: Su amigo Lallo le meterá en una serie de líos y Elena, su prometida, le presionará para que cambie de vida y se case con ella.
Cafiero
Gastone es un decadente actor teatral que se encuentra lleno de deudas, se sobrevalora a sí mismo constantemente, desprecia las artes menores (como el cine) pero es constantemente humillado por su pobreza y habitualmente termina aceptando cualquier papel pequeño que le ofrecen.
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
Nicola
During a fair, a charlatan is able to sell to a group of retired persons a piece of sky that would give them a quiet place to live well after death. The old men buy the story and decide to commit suicide to get to the corner of heaven that belongs to them.
Pagliuca
A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.
A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.
