Shakespeare Connections

American sculptress Adele La Rue, working in Paris, lacks the inspiration to create a masterpiece, until Jean Ballard, a wild apache leader, takes refuge from the police in her apartment. Adele saves him from capture on the condition that he pose as the model for one of her works. Adele and Jean fall in love, finding happiness with each other until Marie, Jean's former love, insults him by telling him he is no better than a rich woman's lap dog. Jean returns to the underworld and becomes involved in a gang war with a rival gang, the Wolves. Looking for Jean, Adele goes to a cafe he is known to frequent, where she is abducted by the Wolves. When Jean comes to rescue her, he is also captured. The Wolves heat knives with which to torture the reunited lovers, but before they can be used, the police arrive and open fire on the Wolves' hideout. During the excitement, Marie, who has joined the Wolves, repents of her hate and releases Adele and Jean. They jump from an open window just as the hideout is destroyed by artillery fire. Jean decides to repent, and the lovers look forward to a romantic future together.

Salwa travels to Sidi Abd El-Rahman to spend a vacation with her boyfriend Essam before the Summer crowds. But when Essam sticks in Cairo for a few days, Salwa starts an affair with Mahmoud the only guest in the Hotel.

Italy, 1942, Carlotta and Captain Alfano, who belong to the same resistance network, love each other with a passionate love. Colonel Rizzi, who directs the clandestine action in the region, comes one evening to interrupt their meeting.