Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants, and the neighborhood. He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.
Padre di Lentulo
A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.
A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind.
Tavern Owner
Жулик и воришка обманул жадного и наивного американца. Комиссар дает сержанту Боттони, отслужившему уже 30 лет, последний шанс остаться на работе, получить, наконец, повышение и не сесть в тюрьму за то, что он упустил этого самого «жулика и воришку»: сержант должен поймать вора, ему (сержанту) отводится на это три месяца.
Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
Gaetano Zanetti
A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
Alvarez
Губернатор Севильи издал указ, запрещающий цирюльникам работать по воскресеньям, но ничего не подозревающий Фигаро открыл свою цирюльню. От штрафа и наказания Фигаро спасает граф Альмавива, случайно находившийся там же. В ответ Альмавива просит Фигаро помочь ему жениться на Розине, дочери губернатора, которую собираются выдать замуж за Дона Алонцо, капитана гвардии.
A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.
Il brigadiere dei carabinieri
Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. When the touring company of Prof. Tromboni arrives in the village, Ernesto decides to let them perform his play, though anonymously. So the day arrives and the theatre is sadly empty. But when the news that the author is the teacher spreads far and wide...
Oreste Nardi, il fattore
Римский извозчик Тото не хочет, чтобы его древнюю работу вытеснили автомобили и чтобы его дочь Наннарелла встречалась с таксистом Роберто. Но именно Роберто его спасает, когда Тото попадает в беду...
Un cliente del barbiere
A country braggart bets that he can spend a night with a local beauty. When he is surprised by her husband, he is not only forced to pay his friends money but also challenged to come up with a new identity other than Casanova or Don Juan.
Pietro, il marito di Anna
Un ospite della pensione 'Iride'
Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.