Gerd is a locksmith apprentice. In a dispute, he gives his boss a slap and is fired. He does not look for a new job. Instead he wants his freedom back.
Vannina and Giacinto are a young married couple who live their relationship in an unequal way; while the girl is submissive to the will of her husband Giacinto, he sees in his bride only the personal object of his sexual satisfaction.
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.
Dorothea, a 16-year-old bourgeois girl from Hamburg, plays with her friends of both sexes, imitating the production of adult movies. In the end, pretending to make sex-scenes is not satisfying enough, and with a street professional, Dorothea is initiated in hard sex.