Gian Luigi Polidoro

An Italian fur merchant makes his first trip yo a large fur auction in Sweden, and his expectations contrast with the realities of what he finds.

Film in three episodes on the subject of macabre humour. (bfi)

A middle aged Italian accompanies a colleague to America, and tries to marry an American woman so that he can stay there. (bfi)

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)

In this black comedy, a struggling actor-playwright goes on tour with a play he wrote for himself and his lover. It is about the life and love between Benito Mussolini and Claretta Petracci, his mistress. When his show travels to Italy it meets with a very negative response from the local Communists who throw tomatoes at them. To get them to stop, the actor changes their minds by placing emphasis on the romance between the two rather than the politics. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi