Insp. Rebat
El capitán Tom Rowland entrega más de dos kilogramos de LSD a Allan Hood en la embajada estadounidense en Estambul. La pandilla de perros verdes roba el LSD de la embajada: el hermano de Allan, George Hood, que está cerca, es secuestrado y luego asesinado.
Father Mahidi
Al teniente coronel Pierre Raspegury, jefe de una división paracaidista del ejército francés derrotada en Vietnam, le comunican que ha sido relevado de su puesto y que su regimiento ha sido disuelto. Gracias a las influencias de la Condesa viuda De Clairefons, consigue un nuevo destino en Argelia en una misión de paz. Ella le promete que se casará con él si vuelve convertido en general. Sin embargo, lo que hace Raspegury es intentar persuadir al capitán Esclavier y a otros camaradas para vengar juntos la humillación sufrida en Vietnam.
Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)
Rusia, revolución bolchevique (1917). La guerra produce una convulsión general en un país dividido. En medio del conflicto, asistimos al drama íntimo de un hombre que lucha por sobrevivir. Este hombre es Zhivago, poeta y cirujano, marido y amante, cuya vida trastornada por la guerra afecta a las vidas de otros, incluida Tonya, su mujer, y Lara, la mujer de la que se enamora.
Anarchist Leader
Dr. Madrales
Antes de suicidarse, Granworth Aymes envía a su esposa una importante suma de dinero en billetes falsos. Cuando el agente del FBI Lemmy Caution se entera, se desplaza a Italia para intentar esclarecer el asunto. En el curso de la investigación descubre una gran organización de falsificadores de moneda dirigida por… Granworth Aymes en persona, que había simulado su suicidio.
Giuseppe is accused of killing his employer Matthias who is actually in a hospital with amnesia.
The Egyptian officer
Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
Constantin Esposito
"Le Tambourin", a Montmartre nightclub, is on its way down. Although it can boast great performances by the alluring Les Bluebell Girls and by Jacques Hélian's lively Big Band the venue does not attract people anymore. Nightclub patrons now prefer the jazz cellars of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Taking this new taste into account, the staff of the "Tambourin" and Jacques Hélian decide to set up their own club, "La Pivoine Ecarlate". They are joined by Pâquerette, a flower vendor and amateur singer, and by Jean-Pierre Francis, an existentialist poet...
Gambarra
During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the investigation to unmask the murderer.
(uncredited)
1944, France experiences its last days of German occupation. A microcosm representative of the various attitudes adopted during this troubled period, some heroic, others less brilliant, the Grégeois family, scattered by the war, will strengthen its ties according to the Allied advance on the territory and the liberation of Paris, with its joys but also its sorrows, because not all of its members will survive the relative chaos that will characterize this end of the world war.
In order for important British admiralty papers to pass into the hands of the Germans, the spy Gordon has the ingenious idea of transforming a lamentable drunkard into a Lady, haughty but submissive to his orders. Stella's transformation is complete, the success extraordinary. Why must a French officer touching the heart of the former pochard bring down the fragile edifice? A submarine is about to blow up, Gordon is shot down and a confessed Stella returns to her horrible taverns to drown her sorrows in alcohol for good.
