Ulf Dieter Kusdas

A Cortina, station de ski idéale pour passer les fêtes de fin d'année, se sont donnés rendez-vous un avocat accompagné de sa femme et de sa fille, le milanais Ettore Colombo et sa famille, de Naples Pasquale Esposito. Il y a aussi une amie de Colombo qui arrive directement de Cuba, des étudiants, etc... Toute la joyeuse bande s'apprête à fêter Noël, qui s'avèrera être une soirée pleine en rebondissements!

The film presents the political events surrounding the Anschluss in March of 1938 through the lives of Carola Hell, a popular young actress at the prestigious Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, the Jewish journalist she plans to marry. When we encounter the couple in the lovely springtime weather their future is full of promise. They are determined to stay clear of politics. Yet in the climate of the time, nobody of her prominence or his religion can remain apolitical. Although Martin's journalist friend, Drechsler, calls to inform them that the Nazis plan to take over Austria soon, they concentrate on their work and their private happiness and dismiss the warnings.

Monique, a young woman who gave up her medicine studies, falls in love with a photographer and then turns away from him because of his unsteadiness and marries an erotic film maker. But the wedding does not last and she returns to the protographer.

While visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood along with their respective families, two Italian tourists get on a real time machine and got lost in time. Professor Mortimer effort to rescue them result in trips through various ages of ancient Italy.