Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned.

In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot hatched against the king by the French ambassador.

A poor farmer is invited to the King's court and tries to prevent the princess' marriage to a villanious knight.

The accountant Marco Vecchietti, a modest civil servant, leads a miserable life amidst the ferocious jokes of his colleagues, the reproaches of his mother-in-law, taxes, debts and citations.

An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.