During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Dos joves enllustradors volen fer realitat el seu somni de tenir un cavall blanc, costi el que costi.
A la Sicília rural, els pescadors viuen a mercè dels cobdiciosos majoristes. Una família ho arrisca tot per comprar el seu propi vaixell i operar de manera independent.
Durant la unificació italiana, la invasió de Sicília per part de les tropes de Garibaldi porta el Príncep de Salina i la seva família a refugiar-se a la casa de camp que tenen a Donnafugata. Tanmateix, el príncep és conscient que els temps estan canviant i, per tal de preservar la posició social de la família, empara el matrimoni del seu nebot amb la filla del nou alcalde del poble: un nou-ric de tendències liberals.
Cody Jarrett i la seva banda assalten un tren que transporta 300.000 dòlars, assassinen els conductors i fugen amb els diners. Poc després els agents federals inicien la persecució, convençuts que ell és l'autor de l'assalt. Cody es lliura a la policia i és condemnat a només dos anys de presó, ja que ha preparat una coartada perfecta. Tot i això, els agents del tresor estan convençuts que va ser el cervell de l'assalt i li tendeixen un parany.
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long... But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa...
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.
A la Toscana, viuen en Tullio i la Giuliana, la seva convivència com a parella és molt lliberal. Però la relació sembla que es complica quan la Guiliana s'adona que espera un fill d'un altre home. Quan en Tullio se n'assabenta pren una terrible decisió.
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
Un centenar de ballarins i ballarines han de fer unes proves a l'escenari d'un teatre per demostrar si són aptes per a la comèdia musical que prepara el prestigiós i estricte Zach. De manera implacable es va desenvolupant la selecció fins que només quedin els elegits. Entre les candidates hi ha Cassie, que va ser l'amant de Zach i que el va deixar per provar sort a Hollywood. Només vuit artistes superaran aquesta despietada competició.
Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a singer and a playboy, meets Ivana: she's married with a rich man, Donatone, but in the past she had a flirt with Billo, who wants to reignite the flame.