In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. While trying to raise the money he needs to strike a...

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs...

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà,...

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the...

A young German comes to Rome on vacation and is not slow to win female hearts. When the game become dangerous due to a possible marriage, the young...

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of...

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape...

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real...

Aspiring writer Tommaso makes a living by penning the self-help column of a women's magazine. One day he receives a letter from a reader asking for...

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and...

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his...

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his...

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives...

A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with...

Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore...