Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries to blackmail the father.

Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of the men is seriously wounded. When the partisans eventually leave, the Germans take a terrible revenge.

《核战新娘》是一部关于世界未来的幻想片，尽管剧情荒诞，却寓意深远。影片由意大利著名电影编剧柴伐蒂尼（《擦鞋童》《偷自行车的人》）创作，也是他唯一写过的一本超现实剧作，影片原名〈战争〉，在北美改名为《核战新娘》。
Director Veljko Bulajic is one of Yugoslavia's best known names (The Battle of Neretva), but Rat is a mostly tiresome mixture of well-meaning, simpleminded messages, and some really pitiful humor. The fault is almost entirely with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, who made a name with Shoeshine and The Bicycle Thief and a couple dozen more Italian classics. The jokes are terrible and the cartoonish characterization almost non-existent. John and Maria make a nice couple and that's about it - they're both sweet, perfect and attractive.
Most of the satirical efforts are remindful of Chaplin's The Great Dictator, with pompous officials and soldiers making very harsh and ruthless decisions. The Captain accepts a dinner invitation one minute, and then the next, is following orders to have John shot. John's best friend is unemployed; the army gives him a job but he ends up on John's firing squad. The idea of keeping the country anonymous is okay, but the canned messages are thin, bleak, and predictable. War is Bad. Kids and marriage are Nice. War is Cruel. The comedy, which amounts mostly to army marching gags that wouldn't rate in an Abbott & Costello movie, is just terrible. Good images include a man wailing over his cow shot from above by jet aircraft, and the blasted couple stumbling through the rubble-strewn finale, like Adam and Eve in Hiroshima.
This is no cheapie; there was obviously full army cooperation from Tito's red brigades, and the scenes of jets strafing, etc, are fairly advanced. The ruins of the city look pretty much identical to today's news from Palestine. The special effects are primitive. One weird scene occurs when the President switches the television view to a camera attached to the nose of one of his attacking missiles. Crowds watch as the missile descends on hundreds of people in a town square - helpless victims just like 'us.'

这部电影由六个不同导演创作的短篇故事组成，但所有故事都有一个共同点：对时事的热烈讽刺。

"The Witch Burnt Alive"
After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous.
"Community Spirit"
Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through.
"The Earth Seen from the Moon"
The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific.
"The Sicilian"
Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories.
"A Night Like Any Other"
Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.

德西卡作品，此片秉承了意大利现实主义精髓，关注战后普通民生，剧情一波三折，演员演技精湛，镜头也十分讲究；一对相爱的小夫妻苦于无地可住（说明蜗居之苦，全世界各年代通用），在遭遇家庭排挤、投奔朋友无解、租房无望后，急中生智，充分利用丈夫的手艺行当，意欲在一夜之间令“江山大改”，虽最后紧急关头屋顶尚留一方空白，但结尾处警察的高抬贵手，给本片留下温馨余味；片名《屋顶》乃本片泉眼，处处着眼，并担当了屋子和家庭的象征。

《玛拉帕加之墙》是由雷内·克莱芒执导的爱情片，Jean Gabin、Isa Miranda等出演。该片讲述了彼埃尔在逃离法国警方通缉中与服务员玛丽亚成为亲密的朋友的故事。

In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.

发疯的德国战犯（马克西米连·谢尔饰）被富商父亲（弗雷德里克·马奇饰）关在家中，后者使其相信站在在15年后还在继续。

一位深陷债务危机的小地产商乔瓦尼，他不断地向亲朋好友借钱度日，因此落下了差名声。他深爱着他的妻子西尔维娅，破产使两人几乎分道扬镳。为了偿还债务，重新赢得尊严，乔瓦尼决定出售自己的一只眼睛换取现金。同时，他还希望能借此挽救他们的婚姻……

喜剧大师彼得·塞勒斯有千面笑匠之誉，能在各种不同类型的影片中扮演各种差异性甚大的角色，本片就是一例。塞勒斯饰演一个意大利骗子，为了寻找一批黄金，假扮电影导演来到意大利的小村镇，一方面游说村民参加拍片，另一方面则假装成各种身份寻找真正的目标。

本片是由7组关于“通奸"的短篇故事所构成：
"Funeral Possession"（葬礼拥有）讲述一名刚刚丧夫的寡妇在丈夫的葬礼上还不时钓金龟的故事；
"Amateur Night"（业余艺术家之夜）讲述愤怒的妻子变成拉客妓女发泄的故事；
"Two Against One"（二对一）讲述表面上正经的姑娘实际上却有另外的一面；
"Super Simone"（超级西蒙）妻子西蒙用进各种方法使他的书呆子作家丈夫能从书堆中爬出来，可他始终无动于衷；
"At the Opera"（一场歌剧）一场歌剧；
"Suicides"（自毁）讲述一件死亡合同；
"Snow"（斯诺）一个疑心病的丈夫雇侦探去查他的妻子。

本片讲述的意大利的劳动妇女在男权社会中初尝自由滋味的故事，在一个橡胶厂工作的科洛拉由于工作原因，得了肺结核，医生把她送到一个疗养院，在那里，她不仅养好了病，而且学到了很多知识，结识了一个男人，她很爱他，但是由于社会的原因，她还是非常不情愿的回家了。

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

《云中四部曲》是Alessandro Blasetti执导，吉诺·切威、Adriana Benetti、Giuditta Rissone主演的剧情片，该片于1942年出品 。
该片讲述了一个女孩让保罗·比安奇扮演她丈夫而引发的故事。
保罗·比安奇(Paolo Bianchi)是一个居家男人，他要去出差。他在公共汽车上再次见到她，她告诉他她有麻烦了，她怀孕了，她孩子的父亲离开了她，她不知道如何告诉她的父母她没有结婚。她要求保罗扮演她丈夫的角色，保罗接受了……

维斯康提那段讲罗密·施奈德扮演的美丽少妇设计向丈夫报仇，冒充他情妇，让他花钱才能得到她；德西卡的那段讲一个胆小的人赢得一个奖，奖品是跟一个女孩的约会；莫尼切里那段在很多海外版本中均被删除，其风格比较偏传统喜剧，较低调，容易消失在同行的阴影里；但最为出彩的还是费里尼的那段，名为《安东尼博士的诱惑》，讲一个波霸美女从海报上“活”过来，取笑一个道貌岸然的禁欲男子。
幕后制作：
四位重量级意大利导演用各自的手法捕捉薄伽丘的精神，以罗马为舞台呈现大型世像图。虽然只是部短片，但费里尼却以轻松嘲讽但不失沉重的语气来讲述这个揭露上层阶级虚伪道德观的故事。安东尼博士是个值得探讨的人物，他面对价值崩溃、道德沦丧感到无能为力，妄图以虚伪的面具来掩盖自己内心的欲望，但当巨大的女郎形象从广告中走出与他同乐时，他的本性终于显露。费里尼用梦幻与现实交错的手法同时制造出荒诞与沉重两种调子，极具表现力，在本片中给人印象最为深刻。

　　全片由六个独立的小品组成，这六个故事反映了那不勒斯人民的热情、乐观精神，这种精神，在这座有着厚重历史、灿烂艺术文化、美丽风景、宜人气候的名城里，就是最珍贵的黄金。