Peasant
Uma retrospectiva histórica da Itália do início do século XX até o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial a partir das vidas de Olmo, filho bastardo de camponeses, e Alfredo, herdeiro de uma rica família de latifundiários. O pano de fundo é o intenso cenário político da época, com o fortalecimento do fascismo e, em oposição, as lutas trabalhistas ligadas ao socialismo.
Superstitious Princess
Nápoles, século XVII. O Príncipe Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos (Omar Sharif) nobre
espanhol de grande encanto e coragem, está a viver em Itália. Ele tem de encontrar
uma esposa e a corte impõe-lhe a escolha entre sete belas princesas. Mas ele apaixona-se por uma camponesa simples, altiva e temperamental, de rara beleza e de
enormes virtudes, chamada Isabella (Sophia Loren). O amor deles, fulminante e repentino, vai, no entanto, deparar-se com muitos obstáculos... mas a bela e destemida jovem do povo vai derrotar as delambidas e inexperientes princesas, desmascarar os seus truques e fraquezas e acaba por casar com o príncipe Rodrigo.
Luisa
The retired general Antonio Cavalli is a nuisance to his family: to his wife Francesca who still works, to his son and to his daughter-in-law. Then he finds a job in a building firm. Only by chance Cavalli finds out that his salary is paid by his wife to keep him busy. But the general is well known as a very reliable man, and Sandrelli, the firm's owner, uses him and his name to win a valuable contract. When Sandrelli is arrested, the general finds the money to honour his debt but he is robbed while he is going to the bank...
Serenella
Roman police detectives interrogate a series of potential perpetrators in their struggle to determine whom to arrest for the brutal murder of a beautiful prostitute whose body is discovered in a park on the day of a torrential rainstorm. One by one, the prime suspects -- girl-crazy teenager Nino, pickpocket Canticchia, a soldier on leave, a tourist and a pimp -- recount the events of the day to the police, each insisting he is innocent.
Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire jiving from some of Rome's citizens, and bitter complants from others which inspire a group of corrupt officials determined to a bring the group down.
Giovanni is a young widower with a son who is attracted to the charming teen Allegra.