Ermelinda De Felice

Pasqualino, an Italian everyman, deserts the army during World War II. Germans capture him and send him to a prison camp, where he does just about anything to survive. In lengthy flashbacks, we see him and his family of seven unattractive sisters (the seven beauties), his accidental murder of one sister's lover, his confession and imprisonment, his calculated switch to an asylum, his rape of a patient, and his volunteering to be a soldier to escape confinement. To the chagrin of his obese German captor, his weak and cowardly character enables him to survive the war and return to Naples where he has a plan to survive the next world catastrophe. (imdb)

Crime thriller set amongst the Italian Bourgoisie.

Antonio, a charming ne'er-do-well, happens upon young Maria, who outside of the fact that she is covered with hair from head to foot is a normal woman with normal desires and dreams. Antonio inveigles her into the European carnival sideshow circuit as "The Ape Woman", securing her cooperation by making love to her. (All Movie Guide)

Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. (imdb)

A story about a singer/showgirl who poses as a nurse to recover some stolen paintings, which for some reason are hidden in a military insane asylum. (themoviedb)

Rich girl Angela returns to school and falls for the local hunk. But when he refuses her advances, she pretends to be in love with the principal instead. (imdb)

Just like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini it is loosely based on Petronius's work, Satyricon, a series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. (wikipedia)