Mortacci

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

The inmate Proietti, nicknamed "Er Soffia", getting out of prison. There is the Roman brigadier Vasco Sacchetti, an agent of the narcotics and his old friend who, to celebrate his freedom, invites him to eat fish at Fiumicino.

In Pietrasanta all are excited for the annual party of summer end. Here we find four characters: Merigo, a naive guy passionate of bike; Pierre, son of the mayor; Simone, a pestiferous kid; Mario, lifeguard of "Bagnomaria".

Le marquis Onofrio del Grillo est un noble romain du début du XIXe siècle, proche du pape Pie VII en tant que sediaro pontificio (porteur de la sedia gestatoria), tout en étant un ami des troupes d’occupation napoléoniennes de la ville de Rome. Amoral et libertin, il trompe son ennui en faisant de féroces plaisanteries aux dépens de son entourage. C’est ainsi qu’il introduit son sosie, charbonnier de son état, à sa place dans le palais familial, et ce, au grand dam de sa mère, bigote invétérée. Mais, ses plaisanteries pourraient bien se retourner contre leur auteur.

Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him believe he is dead, and, in a fake "afterlife", they'll try to convince him to finally show them where the money is hidden to save his soul.

Le malchanceux Fantozzi apprend que sa fille est enceinte. S'ensuit alors une série de mésaventures, dont une opération imprévue.

Plus de quatre-vingts ans après sa disparition Benito Mussolini revient avec la même ambition : reconquérir le peuple italien. Mais comment y parvenir dans ce monde moderne ? Le monde a changé, mais les Italiens ?

La comtesse Bernabei organise un repas à l'occasion de la visite à Montefalco d'un ministre du gouvernement fasciste. Autour de la table se retrouvent Silvia, fille de la comtesse, son mari Ernesto, Lauretta, maîtresse d'Ernesto, et un certain Biagio Tanzarella. Ce dernier, qui se fait passer pour le médecin particulier du Duce, tente à ce titre de faire chanter Ernesto. IL serait en effet du plus mauvais effet que la liaison du comte avec Lauretta devienne publique...

A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.

Arturo Meraviglia is a struggling impresario who has to take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When he realizes that little Gioele has superpowers, his luck changes.

Mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi (Totò Le Mokò), a street musician.

Pio runs a rehabilitation center for young people, Amedeo a nursing home.

Comme tant d'autres Romains, Beniamino Lomacchio a perdu son logement sous les bombardements de la fin de la guerre. D'un vieux cimetière jusqu'au Colisée, il se met en quête d'un nouveau nid pour sa famille.

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in an accident. The doctor says that Ugo as only one week left to live

Fantozzi est un employé de bureau basique et stoïque. Il est en proie à un monde de difficultés qu’il ne surmonte jamais malgré tous ses efforts. Villagio interprète ces épisodes, basés sur des histoires de son propre livre, d’une manière que beaucoup comparent à Buster Keaton. Avec une production à petit budget, ce film était néanmoins extrêmement populaire en Italie.

Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.

A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband.

Un séduisant quadragénaire multiplie les conquêtes féminines et fait régulièrement appel à sa jeune voisine lorsqu’il veut se débarrasser de trop envahissantes maîtresses. La demoiselle se fait passer pour sa fille et chasse les indésirables.

Antonio takes a hit on his head when he's out to buy a jar of mushrooms for his wife, and loses his memory. He reappears five years later unaware that time has passed.

Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get back at the nasty adults who 'oppress' them, playing pranks on them to expose their weaknesses.