Basilio Franchina

John the Baptist, the prophet of Israel, is imprisoned by Herod, governor of Judea for protesting Herod's marriage to his brother's wife. Jealousies rage and Herod's step-daughter and niece Salome seduces Herod by means of a torrid dance to give her the head of the prophet - but then tries to save the life of the man she has thus condemned. Updated to a WWII setting

John the Baptist, the prophet of Israel, is imprisoned by Herod, governor of Judea for protesting Herod's marriage to his brother's wife. Jealousies rage and Herod's step-daughter and niece Salome seduces Herod by means of a torrid dance to give her the head of the prophet - but then tries to save the life of the man she has thus condemned. Updated to a WWII setting

마피아의 회계담당인 잭은 FBI와 내통하고 조직의 돈을 빼돌리다, 결국 조직에 들통나 일가족 모두가 위험에 처한다. 이때 거래 장부를 아들 필에게 쥐어주고, 이웃에 사는 글로리아(Gloria Swenson: 지나 로랜스 분)라는 여인에게 보호를 요청하고 맡겨진다. 이후, 잭의 일가족은 들이닥친 마피아 조직원들에 의해 몰살당하고 만다. 글로리아는 마피아의 한 지역 중간 보스의 정부인데, 그녀는 부모를 잃은 철부지 아이를 떠안게 되어 어쩔 수 없이 마피아의 표적이 된 채 도피길에 오른다. 어느 곳이든 마피아 조직이 두 사람을 끈질기게 추적해 오고, 위험의 고비를 여러차례 넘기는데.

Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the political activist. A police informer, Darien, is forced to lure Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to make a television coverage about the Third World. Arriving in Paris, Sadiel is captured and delivered to his opponents. Disgusted by the way he has been manipulated, Darien tries to turn back the clock, unknowing who’s dealing with.

Sophia Loren, who was born in Rome and lived there as a child, returns to the city that will forever be in her blood and gives her impressions of and reactions to the mosaic of Rome and the people she encounters there during her visit. She meets Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio de Sica as she visits the sights, affectionately commenting on the grandeur of the Eternal City and the irrepressible nature of its people.

게르만 정벌이 끝나가고 있을 무렵, 노쇠해진 로마 황제 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스는 자신의 후계자로 아들 코모두스 대신 양아들인 리비우스를 지목한다. 하지만 그 사실을 알아차린 코모두스의 측근에 의해 마르쿠스는 독살된다. 리비우스의 연인이자 마르쿠스의 딸 루실라마저 동맹 관계인 아르메니아의 왕에게 시집 보내지고, 결국 로마 제국의 운명은 코모두스의 손에 달린다. 폭군이 된 그는 자신에게 거르는 사람은 모두 죽여버리고, 무리한 조세를 걷어들이는 등 폭정을 일삼다 마침내 리비우스와 단독 결투를 벌이는데..

Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.

When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.

When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.

In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.

A young widow flees from her small town and moves to the seaside, where she falls for a fisherman.

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.

A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.