Elvira
Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?
A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and both faces struggles with friends and family as they return to their homes.
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Этот фильм рассказывает историю творческой жизни Джузеппе Верди — композитора ставшего национальной славой Италии и почитающегося больше даже как государственная, нежели как музыкальная величина. В историю музыки Верди вошёл как реформатор оперного искусства, крупнейший композитор-реалист…
Rosetta
Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job. When Paolo's wife humiliates her, Renata gains revenge by seducing the woman's husband.
Bianca, a rich heiress, being an orphan, lives in her palace with her guardian uncle and cousin Olga.
