Filumena, an ex-prostitute and for decades Domenico Soriano's lover, discovers that he intends to get married and so pretends to be on the verge of death in order to get him to marry her instead.
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
Dues famílies napolitanes, malgrat que comparteixen la mateixa casa i passen les mateixes dificultats econòmiques, no s'emporten gaire bé. Però, de cop i volta, se'ls presenta l'oportunitat de resoldre els seus problemes: un jove marquès, amic d'una de les famílies, els demana ajuda per aconseguir la mà de la seva núvia, ja que el pare del noi s'oposa al fet que el seu fill es casi amb una plebea recentment enriquida.
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. The story unravels around their embarrassed efforts to spend the money, their little family issues and ends with a surprise.
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory.
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
Comèdia que narra sis episodis ambientats a Nàpols: la història d'una cuinera (Sophia Loren) que extravia el seu anell de casada, la d'un jugador que perd una partida amb un nen, la d'un pallasso que és explotat per un...
The endearing efforts of a divorced, simple baker to capture the attentions of a bourgeois society woman.
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his vengeful co-workers, homicide-chief Bertone has his hands full
Antonio Carotenuto, un sotstinent dels carrabiners s'enamora d'una guapa i salvatge noia d'un petit poble de l'Abruzzo, Maria Pizzicarella "la Bersagliera". Entre els admiradors de Maria hi ha el cap Pietro Stellati, però és massa tímid per declarar-se a la noia. Maria li correspon i està decidida a conquerir el jove malgrat els seus esforços amb el madur subtinent. A més, la llevadora del poble, Anna, està enamorada d'Antonio, encara que té raons per amagar-li els sentiments.
15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola) the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli) the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute.
Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.
A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews are worthy of his inheritance...
Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.