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Мелкий жулик Джузеппе наивно полагал, что ему удастся переждать войну в казенном доме на полном гособеспечении. Но государство сделало ему подарок в виде амнистии и отправило на фронт. Второй персонаж фильма - парикмахер Оресте всю войну осиживался на призывном участке и обирал новобранцев, желавших "откосить" от армии. Среди обманутых оказался и Джузеппе. И вот в один далеко не прекрасный для него день Оресте потерял насиженное место и оказался в военном эшелоне, который вез призывников на верную смерть. В том же эшелоне на фронт везли и Джованни...
motociclista profittatore
Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...
Christian Ségret
Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.
Anastasio
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
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.
De Mori
Agitator
A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.
Ispettore Mills
Il maniscalco
L'avvocato Scoppola (as Mario Ciotola)
Italian film from 1937 directed by Gennaro Righelli.
Un operaio sull'autobus
A famous composer, distraught after his lover leaves him, contemplates suicide. He meets a young woman who restores his will to live.
Mucrone
Depictions of the Emperor Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (64). Anachronisms are used for comedy, such as Nero telephoning the fire brigade.