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- DirectorPietro GermiStarsVirna LisiGastone MoschinAlberto LionelloThree stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMarcello MastroianniDaniela RoccaStefania SandrelliA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsUgo TognazziStefania SandrelliRenée LongariniSergio Masini, a violin player, is going to be the father of a sixth child... by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic... except to drive Giulia, his legitimate wife, along with his legitimate kids to the station as they leave for a vacation at the seaside. No sooner does the train pull out of the station than he rushes to a telephone booth to call to see how is Adele, his other mistress... Way too much for a single man to bear...
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakJean-Louis TrintignantAn impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsUgo TognazziGastone MoschinPhilippe NoiretFour inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsUgo TognazziGastone MoschinAdolfo CeliThe four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiPaolo StoppaCaroline BergA mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiSerge ReggianiCarla GravinaWhen Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is disbanded and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsUgo TognazziGiovanna RalliRossana MartiniLuciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.
- DirectorLeonardo BenvenutiLuigi ComenciniPiero De BernardiStarsSenta BergerAdolfo CeliVittorio GassmanAn episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiFranca ValeriLivio LorenzonA mediocre businessman who's married to a much more successful businesswoman relies heavily on her financial support for his bad business ideas, and to pay off his mounting debt, but both of them have had enough of each other.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiClaudia CardinaleRiccardo GarroneAmedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
- DirectorGiorgio BianchiStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaAnne VernonAlberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsAlberto SordiElga AndersenLino BanfiThe surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakFolco LulliA group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsUgo TognazziClaude DauphinDuilio Del PreteItaly 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. *** SPOILER *** Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe. Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiShelley WintersVincenzo CrocittiA meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAlessandro MomoAgostina BelliA young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniMariangela MelatoRiccardo SalvinoA trip into the Mediterranean sea becomes a trip into the discovery of how society's frameworks of the rich and poor are delicate and temporary.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanNino ManfrediA randomly formed group of Italians gets deeply involved in a crime in Montacarlo.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiBice ValoriSara FranchettiThe eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsVittorio GassmanRenato SalvatoriClaudia CardinaleThe usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaMarisa MerliniAn unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanDorian GrayAnna Maria FerreroGerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTotòVittorio De SicaGianni AgusSeptember 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsNino ManfrediGino CerviMichèle MercierThe incognito visit of a fascist hierarch in a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsAlberto SordiGianna Maria CanaleElena NicolaiDuring the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsSaro UrzìStefania SandrelliAldo PuglisiA desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter's fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family's honor.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo PuglisiWealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsRenzo MarignanoClaudio GoraMarina BertiA group of Italians--tourists and immigrants--take a flight to Sweden. Two bourgeois couples choose a typical Italian restaurant by its name, 'La Trattoria', and are disgusted by the untidiness and poor service. An elegant lady in her splendid Ferrari is accosted by an Italian and imagines a flirtation, but he's all eyes--for the car. An Italian wife finds her husband in bed with another woman, but he's so smooth with his explanation that she blames herself for not spending enough time with him lately.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsNino ManfrediUgo TognazziPamela TiffinMarino decided to go to Rome to win back his girlfriend. After many hardships their paths eventually crossed but to his shock, he discovered that she is now married to a deaf and mute man.
- DirectorMauro BologniniMario MonicelliPier Paolo PasoliniStarsTotòUgo D'AlessioRegina SeiffertThe film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanEly GalleaniA judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsNino ManfrediVittorio GassmanStefania SandrelliThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniFernando ReyShirley StolerThe defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.