A dramatization of the melodramatic story that inspired the popular opera, Pagliacci.German language version of a film simultaneously shot in an Italian version.

Angestachelt von seiner Geliebten will ein Mann seiner alten, kranken Mutter Geld stehlen. Die Mutter erwischt ihn, seine Schwester redet ihm ins Gewissen, er stellt sich der Polizei. Währenddessen findet sich in einem zweiten Handlungsstrang ein Liebespaar

Robert, Peter and Fritz are the best of friends ... and hopelessly broke. But they don't let that stop them and in short order, they end up renting a deserted gas station. With just a little bit of wit and some elan, they'll bring the old girl back to life and all will look rosy ... until all three of them fall in love with the same dame: Gabi, the daughter of the director of a large gasoline firm. Thanks to her, their eternal friendship is really going to be put to the test.

A German soldier on leave in Berlin goes looking for his pen pal who he has never met called Gisela. He meets instead a woman with the same name and falls in love with her.

Someone is killing people related to a South American expedition. The means of murder are poison darts with rubber spiders attached to them. A writer and some police detectives investigate.

1953 film directed by Federico Fellini