Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller.

A beautiful girl plans to seduce, then murder, the brutal conqueror who has taken over her city.

While working as a restaurant singer to make ends meet, a young man is pushed to pursuing a musical career in spite of his girlfriend's disapproval.

A humble clerk is forced to take on debts to cure his mother.

A fake magician makes the inhabitants of a village believe that when one spouse betrays the other they will ring the bells.