The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.
結婚25年の平凡な男ロマーノは、ある日美しいロシア人女性アンナと出会い一夜を過ごす。だがアンナはロシアへ帰国、ロマーノは彼女を追ってロシアへ向かう。マストロヤンニ主演の哀愁ドラマ。
Erminio Alvarini
Ulderico Quario hires as servant a very beautiful young woman Teresa. Ulderico decides to proceed like a new Pygmalion and he sets about teaching her the art of seductions. But Teresa together with Cecchina start using these newfound skills to persuade Ulderico to marry her in order to claim his inheritance.
The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri is a college graduate, somewhat spoiled, somewhat effete, who finds himself in an officer training program under the stern martinet, Captain Asciutto. He gradually becomes acclimated to the military mind-set, and when the Captain's wife decides to take a romantic interest in him, he does not report her dangerous peculiarities to anyone.
Mario
Adolph
'57年のウィーン、冬。身元を隠し、ホテルの夜番のフロント係として働く元SSのマックスの目前に、かつて弄んだユダヤ少女ルチアが今や高名な指揮者の妻となって現われる…。
Carletto
A group of workers from the south of Italy live collectively in Milan, where money isn't everything, it's the only thing, in 1974.
Salvatore Quaranta
A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. The accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.