Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
Aldo Fabrizi
Don Pietro, Priest of Monterotondo (segment "Garibaldina")
Irène Galter
Maria (segment "Garibaldina")
Franco Interlenghi
Rico (segment "Garibaldina")
Carlo Ninchi
Sottufficiale garibaldino (segment "Garibaldina")
Vittorio De Sica
Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Nadia Gray
Countess Muriella di Lucoli (segment "Pendolin")
Carlo Campanini
Pendolin, the Doorman (segment "Pendolin")
Luigi Cimara
Count Ubaldo di Lucoli (segment "Pendolin")
Eduardo De Filippo
Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
Titina De Filippo
Aunt Matilde (segment "Purificazione")
Giulietta Masina
The Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")
Angiola Faranda
Ester Fiorelli (segment "Purificazione")
SubUrbia
Somewhere in Queens
Tickets
Bangla
A Difficult Life
A Day in Court
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
The Witches
The Comedy
The Ape Woman