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While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone

A man faces a trial for murder The court is biased because of his personal qualities

Inspired by Boccaccios novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes

The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886

Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her

Documentary on Luchino Viscontis travels and auditions in search for a young actor to portray the role of Tadzio in his adaptation of Thomas Manns novella Death in Venice, finally choosing Swedish actor Bjorn Andresen

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again

A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently

A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lovers return night after night

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily

An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian Austrian war of unification However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant