Young "Paolo" is an orphan who falls in love with the charming singer "Marisa". She hope that he will fund her new magazine, but when she discovers he has already spent all his money on her, she rejects him. Desperate, he does something of which he will soon be ashamed.

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

An art professor falls for one of his pupils who is helping him with a sculpture.

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

The life of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western Monasticism.