Gina Lollobrigida

Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.

An Italian parody of the biggest U.S. blockbusters such as "Gladiator, " "Harry Potter", "Fast and Furious" and "The Da Vinci Code".

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her on her journey to the wedding and covered the sensational event.

Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.

한때 작가이자, 제작자이자 감독이기도 했던 백 살이 다 되어가는 '시네마'씨는 영화의 박물관과도 같은 거대한 성에서 집사의 보살핌을 받으며 살고 있다. 그에게는 이탈리아 친구 마르셀로와 그에게 영화 이야기를 들려줄 수 있는 아름다운 여인이 함께한다. 그녀는 가끔 그를 찾아오는 여러 영화배우들을 보고 큰 만족을 얻는다. ‘시네마’씨에게 이제 나이는 중요하지 않다. 그는 인생의 황금기를 누리고 있기 때문이다. 프랑스와 할리우드의 전설의 배우들을 만날 수 있는 것은 영화의 백미.

Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand jobs before acting in a Cecil B. DeMille film…

Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

Teresa hopes that her social climbing ambitions will be fulfilled by her young son, Jacy. When he learns that his mother has started an affair, Jacy leaves home and embarks on a series of short-term liaisons with several women. He ends up by marrying a retarded but incredibly rich woman. His mother's hopes have finally been realised. Meanwhile, Teresa has herself found love and happiness, with a schoolteacher.

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who finds himself deep in the romantic clutches of his uncle's sensual wife. After Frank's parents die, he goes to live with his aunt Martha (Gina Lollabrigida) and uncle Charles (David Niven). Sexy Martha entices Frank into her embrace then wants him to kill her husband so that they can live off of his money. Frank wouldn't mind so much, but he really likes his uncle.

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

In the most traditional Sicilian, a 18 year old is in full arousal. His relationship with breathtaking mature woman will create a great controversy in the retrograde Sicilian society.

Stuntman Johnny gets tired of putting his life constantly at risk and instead joins up with a bunch of international thieves who are looking to steal a priceless statue, but that's where the trouble starts....

After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of six males and ugly nurse Nellie Krause. If he could at least try to salvage the shipment of beer.

A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and Gabriella (the very beautiful secretary). Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.

This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.

Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautiful but ignored wife Marcelle. Henri traces architectural anomalies (most ghost sounds are drains), and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso; but this hotel is the assignation spot of Marcelle and Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel, and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season.

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.

In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. We then meet them five years later on the eve before their divorce becomes final. After seeing each other again, sparks are reignited and they spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on, until Carter that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married. He schemes to win back Toni and eventually succeeds. But can he keep her from destroying his career by posing as Lady Godiva in a protest movement?

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comencini. "The Soup", written by Rodolfo Sonego and Luigi Magni, directed by Franco Rossi. "Monsignor Cupid", written by Leo Benvenuti and Piero de Bernardi from a story by Boccaccio, directed by Mauro Bolognini.

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

A pretty woman approaching middle age rents out rooms in a small Italian town. An aging sailor and a handsome younger man are amongst the lodgers.

Biopic about Napoleon's sister Paulette.

Luca, a petrol dealer, marries a magazine dancer, Ippolita, a girl who likes to be courted by the many passing motorists. One day, the woman discovers that her husband has betrayed her with Adriana. Ippolita decides her revenge: she assures Luke that she will keep her duties as a wife only when she too has allowed herself similar distractions. Through a series of animated events, the two resume married life: but Luca will not be able to know if Ippolita was really unfaithful to him.

A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.

미국인 갑부 로버트 탈보(록 허드슨 분)는 9월이 되면 이탈리아의 별장에서 이탈리아인 여자친구와 휴가를 보낸다. 어느 날 별장 관리인에게 연락을 하지 않고 별장에 들렀더니 별장 관리인이 자신 몰래 별장을 호텔로 사용하여 돈벌이를 하고 있음을 발견하고 투숙객들을 내쫓으려 하지만, 투숙객들은 이탈리아 여행에 부푼 꿈을 가득 안은 미국인 대학생 들이다. 이러지도 저러지도 못하는 사이 이탈리아인 여자 친구 리사 펠리니(지나 롤로브리지다 분)도 들이닥치고 별장 관리인은 투숙객들에게 로버트가 분개하는 이유는 2차 대전 때 뇌를 다쳐서 그렇다며, 그 후유증으로 자신이 호텔 주인인 줄 아니까 그런 척 해주라며 집주인 로버트를 정신병자로 몰고 간다. 로버트는 어린 학생들의 보호자가 된 마음에 진심으로 남녀관계에 관한 상담역을 하게 되고, 리사는 로버트의 상담 내용을 알게 되면서 로버트가 자신을 존중하지 않고 쉽게 여기고 있다고 느끼게 되는데...

아도니아(Adonijah: 죠지 샌더스 분)는 시바의 여왕(Sheba: 지나 롤로브리지다 분)을 찾아가 함께 솔로몬(Solomon: 율 브린너 분)에 대적할 것을 권유하며 마침내 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 지혜를 실험하고 그를 유혹하여 부족들에게서 신임을 잃게하기 위해 이스라엘을 방문한다. 하지만 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 지혜와 용기에 감탄하여 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 그로인해 솔로몬과 시바의 여왕은 국정에 소홀하게 되고 백성들의 원성과 타부족의 이간책에 의해 궁지에 몰리게 된다. 그러던 중 형 아도니아에 의해 암살될 위기에 처하며 마침내 전쟁을 일으키게 된다. 첫번째의 싸움에서 아도니아에게 참패를 당하게 되고 백성들은 도탄에 빠지며 형 아도니아가 궁궐을 점령하여 시바의 여왕을 백성들의 신판에 맡겨 돌을 던지도록 명령한다. 그 때 솔로몬은 이집트군을 맞아 대승리를 하고 궁으로 귀환하던 중 시바의 여왕이 돌에 맞아 광장에 쓰러져 있음을 발견한다. 솔로몬이 시바의 여왕에게 다가 서려는 순간 아도니아의 공격을 받게 되고 결투 끝에 형을 살해하게 된다. 또한 시바의 여왕은 이스라엘의 신전 앞에 깊이 사죄하고 용서를 빌며 본국으로 돌아가 자신의 백성들을 위해 힘쓸 것을 맹세한다. 그 순간 신의 계시가 내려져 이스라엘의 옛 영광이 찾아들고 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 아들을 잉태하였음을 고백하고 자신의 나라의 후계자로서 임명하여 서로의 우의를 다질 것을 맹세한다. 이로서 솔로몬과 시바의 여왕은 영원한 사랑을 간직하고 서로의 갈길로 나가게 된다

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using their own vicious drinking game.

A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith.

1958 documentary film by Orson Welles. It was funded by ABC TV. Around 30 minutes long, it follows a similar style to F for Fake and The Fountain of Youth.

15세기 프랑스 파리 노틀담 성당 광장의 춤추는 집시 에스메랄다를 보고 마음을 빼앗긴 프롤로 주교는 성당 종지기 꼽추 콰지모도에게 에스메랄다를 데려오도록 시킨다. 명령을 이행하던 콰지모도는 마침 순찰 중이던 근위대장 페뷔스에게 체포되고, 에스메랄다는 자신을 구해준 페뷔스를 사랑하게 된다. 무고하게 잡혀가 광장의 죄인 공시대에 사슬로 묶인 채 갈증을 호소하는 콰지모도를 본 에스메랄다는 자신을 납치하려했던 그에게 동정심을 발휘해 물을 떠다준다. 한편 거리의 시인 그랭구아르는 걸인들의 거처인 '기적의 궁전'에 잡혀와 교수형을 당할 위기에 처한다. 단 그를 남편으로 맞겠다는 여성이 나타나면 목숨을 구할 수 있는데 이때 에스메랄다가 나서서 그를 구해주고 결혼식을 올린다. 페뷔스의 약혼녀 플뢰르드니스는 페뷔스에게 에스메랄다를 성당 광장에서 쫓아낼 것을 부탁하고, 페뷔스는 이를 빌미로 에스메랄다에게 접근해 밀회 약속을 잡는다. 이 사실을 알게 된 프롤로 주교는 페뷔스와 에스메랄다가 투숙한 여관에 따라가 페뷔스를 칼로 찌른다. 살인미수 누명을 쓰게 된 에스메랄다는 재판정에서 교수형을 선고 받고 끌려가지만 콰지모도가 그녀를 성당으로 피신시키고는 정성으로 보살핀다. 에스메랄다의 남편인 그랭구아르는 에스메랄다를 빼내기 위해 걸인들을 동원한 작전을 펼친다. 그러나 그 와중에 에스메랄다는 근위대의 공격으로 목숨을 잃고 만다. 콰지모도는 이 모든 사건의 원인인 프롤로 주교를 죽이고 에스메랄다의 시신이 있는 곳으로 가서 그녀를 안고 영원히 잠든다.

공중 트래피즈는 세 명의 주인공들의 삼각관계를 중심으로 이끌어지는 소규모의 드라마입니다. 영화가 공중 트래피즈 입니다. 입게되어 한쪽다리를 절게 되고 결국 그네타기에서 은퇴하고 정비공신세로 전락합니다. 진행되고 이런 와중에 3회전 묘기를 완성하기 위한 두 남자의 신경전도 진행됩니다.

1905년 로마. 오페라 가수인 양어머니를 대신하여 무대에 선 리나 카발리에리가 마침 극장 객석에서 관람하던 러시아에서 온 세르게이 왕자와 우연하게 만나면서 사랑에 빠진다. 한편, 리나에게 성악 레슨을 하는 음악적 스승, 마에스트로 도리아는 리나를 자신의 아내로 삼을 희망을 가지고 그녀를 파리 무대에 데뷔시키고, 리나는 파리 〃폴리 플라스티크〃 극장의 스타가 된다. 세르게이 왕자는 파리에서 리나와 다시 조우하게 되고, 장난 삼아 그녀를 자신의 애인으로 만들다. 이러한 진실을 알게 된 리나는 자신의 음악 파트너인 테너 실바니와 함께 세르게이 왕자의 시선을 피해 도피한다. 질투에 눈이 먼 마에스트로 도리아는 오페라 〈토스카〉공연 도중 청부업자를 통해 리나의 파트너 테너 가수인 실바니를 피살한다. 리나는 세르게이 왕자가 테너 실바니의 죽음을 사주한 것으로 생각하고, 오로지 음악 활동에만 자신의 삶을 몰입한다. 리나는 성공에 성공을 거듭하며 어느 날 러시아 황제의 초청을 받아 쌍뜨뻬쩨르부르그의 러시아 황궁에서 공연을 하게 된다. 러시아 황제가 초청한 무대에서 오페라 〈토스카〉를 공연하던 중 지휘를 맡은 마에스트로 도리아는 강한 죄책감으로 그 자신의 범죄를 스스로 폭로하게 되고, 리나는 세르게이 왕자를 다시 만나게 된다.

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.

Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia's duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Soon after arrival, Renzo will get in a big trouble and he will be forced to choose between going to church for marriage or going to prison.

In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists, will be disrupted by the adventures of a man and his fiancée seeking to recover a dangerous bottle of perfume (explosive) which was unfortunately mixed with the prizes to be won ...

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

아프리카 연안을 항해하고 있는 한 배 위. 우라늄이 나온다는 땅을 획득하려는 일군의 승객들은 그 땅을 얻기 위해 수단 방법을 가리지 않고 음모를 꾸미는데.... 이미 여러 차례 존 휴스턴과 작업한 험프리 보가트 외에도, 제니퍼 존스, 지나 롤로브리지다 등 당대의 스타 배우들이 연기 향연을 벌이는 모험 영화.

The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi (Gabriele Ferzetti). Bored by her marriage, Cemma doesn't realize the true value of her loving husband until it's almost too late. The original 118-minute run time was reduced for U.S. release.

A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows that these people will pay dearly rather than inform on themselves or others.

꿈 같은 르네 클레르 특유의 비엔나적 낭만주의 코미디 환타지로 음악과 잠과 꿈이 주제가 되는 벨 에포크 (Belle Epoque) 영화 입니다. 너무나 아름다운 네 명의 여주인공들이 꿈 속에서 과거의 여러 시대와 현실을 오가며 가난한 음악가 주인공과 함께 일인 다역을 해냅니다. -줄리아노

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.

프랑스 루이 15세 시대, 7년 전쟁 당시. 못 말리는 바람둥이 팡팡(제라르 필립 분)은 자신이 유혹한 한 여자와 어쩔 수 없이 결혼할 수밖에 없는 처지에 놓이게 된다. 결혼식장에 끌려가던 팡팡은 아들린(지나 롤로브리지다 분)을 만나게 되는데, 이 보헤미안 여인(사실은 지원군 징집 하사관의 딸)은 팡팡에게 점을 봐주면서, 앞으로 군에서 명예를 얻을 것이고 왕의 딸과 결혼할 것이라고 예언한다. 이러한 말에 매료된 팡팡은 억지로 결혼하는 것을 피하기 위해 당장 군에 자원한다. 그리고 병사에 도착하기 전, 루이 15세의 딸 앙리에트와 왕의 애첩 퐁파두르 후작부인을 강도들의 손에서 구해준다. 퐁파두르 부인은 감사의 뜻으로 다이아몬드로 된 튤립을 선사하고, 그 이후 팡팡은 "팡팡 라 튤립"이라고 불리게 된다. 운명적으로 자신이 왕의 딸과 결혼할 것이라고 믿는 팡팡은 앙리에트에게 접근하기 위해 왕궁으로 몰래 들어갔다가 체포되어 사형선고를 받는다. 팡팡을 사랑하고 있던 아들린이 왕을 찾아가 사면을 받아낸다. 그러나 그녀가 왕의 너그러운 행동에 대해 "감사하기"를 거부했기 때문에, 왕은 부하들에게 그녀를 납치해오라고 명령한다. 이러한 사실을 알게 된 팡팡은 아들린을 구하기 위해 달려간다. 왕의 부하들과 팡팡 사이에 쫓고 쫓기는 추격이 계속된다. 이 와중에 팡팡은 한창 벌어지고 있던 전투 현장에 휩쓸려 들어가고, 혈기와 대담성 덕택에 적군을 패배시킨다. 왕은 이러한 공훈을 세운 팡팡을 대위로 임명하고, 아들린을 양녀로 삼는다. 이렇게 해서 팡팡은 왕의 딸이 된 아들린과 결혼을 하게 된다.

Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way to seduce her.

During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.

This music filled biopic follows the life of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame.

Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.

An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory

Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.

A woman takes her ill husband's place in a smuggling ring and steals the heart of his partner.

On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.

Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.

Pagliacci, is a 1948 Italian film based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Mario Costa. The film stars Tito Gobbi and Gina Lollobrigida. It recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. The only actor in the cast who also sang his role was the celebrated Italian baritone, Tito Gobbi, but the film is largely very faithful to its source material, presenting the opera nearly complete.

Claudio and Anna Tancredi, opera singers, are husband and wife. Their married life, however, is often disturbed by small misunderstandings and Anna's burning jealousy.

Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...

Nemorino is hopelessly in love with Adina but she is attracted to a dashing captain.

An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and insinuates himself into his enemy's castle by pretending to be a French teacher.