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

这位年轻的实业家拥有一个人所能拥有的一切，但他却被一种痴迷所困扰：气球能膨胀到什么程度？在公寓里，枪支解决了不同夫妇之间的困难关系。最后，一名员工试图将挥霍无度的妻子卖给一位酋长，但这位酋长的品味并不完全是传统的。