After being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills her. Fearing he will be sent back to the hospital, he grinds up her body and sells it as sausages. As friends and relatives start asking questions about her disappearance, they too start ending up in the butcher's display case.
Giovanna e Antônio estão casados há apenas 12 dias quando irrompe a Segunda Guerra, e ele é enviado para o fronte de batalha na Rússia, sem nunca mais voltar. Anos após a sua busca desesperada, ela finalmente encontra o marido com uma nova família.
The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.
