Livia Giampalmo

Savaş zamanında aşk, yenilmez bir zırh giyen kadın şövalye Bradamante ile Mağribi prens Ruggero arasında filizlenir. Bir büyücü, Bradamante'ye sevgilisinin bir Hristiyan şövalye olan Rolando tarafından savaşta öldürüleceğini kehanet eder. Rolando ise Ruggero'nun kız kardeşi Isabella'ya aşıktır.

Sicilian dockworker Mimi inadvertently becomes embroiled in an increasingly complicated array of personal conflicts. When he loses his job after voting against a Mafia kingpin in an allegedly secret election, Mimi leaves his wife to find new employment. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organiser. Soon, Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.

The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.