Olga Villi

Filippo Scaparro alias Totò steht unter dem Pantoffel seiner resoluten Frau Giovanna. Um der Tristesse des Ehelebens hin und wieder zu entkommen, flüchtet er sich auf den Speicher seiner Wohnung und lässt seiner Fantasie freien Lauf, denn eigentlich liebt er die Frauen.

In vier charmant-amüsanten Episoden zeigen sich die Frauen von ihrer starken Seite: Sie reizen, verführen und verwirren die Männer nach allen Regeln der Kunst....

An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.

Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate , away from families , another sad Christmas. To dare a little rein to Their longing , they tell Episodes of Their Life . A Roman tells the USA difficult married life . A Neapolitan soldier tells of His lieutenant, a Neapolitan duke penniless . Meanwhile , the camp commander gave : Prisoners and a gramophone , So , Ai stories intertwine songs . Another soldier recalls the parties and the songs of the Sicilian spring , WHILE a Venetian gondolier evokes A HIS love affair . Sometimes , From Radio shabby listening news from abroad and Italy . Finally , one day , comes the ' pending release and All They return home .

In this unusual offbeat black comedy directed by Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe (Tognazzi) is a middle-aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets. When his nose starts to whistle uncontrollably, he checks into a clinic to resolve the problem. What begins as a minor affliction worsens, and Giuseppe is placed on a different floor as his ailments multiply. The sicker he gets, the higher he goes up in the floors of the clinic, until he is near death's door.

Carlo Rutelli verliebt sich in die schöne Varieté-Sängerin Yvonne la Nuit, doch sein Vater ist gegen die Heirat. Der Erste Weltkrieg bricht aus; Carlo fällt im Krieg, während Yvonne einen Sohn zur Welt bringt – doch auf Anweisung von Carlos Vater wird ihr erzählt, er sei tot. Ihre Karriere geht bergab, und nur Nino, ein künstlerischer Partner, bleibt an ihrer Seite und hilft ihr, ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Auftritten in Kneipen zu verdienen.

Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.