Paola Veneroni

The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr. Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.

A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her responsibilities as a mother and her no longer young age, falls prey to a love frenzy in her family that puts her at odds with her daughter, who has just left boarding school, and her own brother, who is all about scientific research. The girl, who has learned of the alleged poet's less-than-honest intentions, tries every means to drive him away and restore her mother's sentimental balance. For this she pretends to be in love with him who, attracted by her youth and rich dowry, proposes that she elope.

Ayant reçu une lettre d'amour qui ne lui était pas destinée, Carlo Hartman se rend à Rome pour rencontrer l'expéditrice, enseignante dans une pension pour jeunes filles.

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career descends and only Nino, an art partner, remains close to her and helps her earn her living by singing in taverns.

Le film est basé sur une pièce de théâtre de 1925 d'Ugo Falena qui avait précédemment été tourné à deux reprises The Last Lord (1926) et La femme habillée en homme (1932). Le seul parent survivant d'un vieux duc, sa petite-fille, prétend être un homme afin de le convaincre que la ligne de succession est sûre.

When a tragedy strikes father Fyodor Karamazov, the wretched relation with his three sons reveals itself surrounded by intrigue, envy and deceit.