The Deserter

Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.

At the end of the 19th century, proud but poor fisherman Jurgaitis gets imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. His beautiful daughter Elze is sent to live with rich German merchant Michael. There she falls for his son Endrik.

In order to leave her past and family values behind, woman has relationships with many men and, among many doubts, tries to find out her own identity and happiness.

The young race car driver Vittorio is undecided whether to marry the rich widow Diana or the innocent young girl Adriana. Vittorio indecision brings suffering to Diana and Adriana until he is killed in an automobile accident.

It tells a tragic story in the early 20th century of China, a beautiful girl Yin Di got married to a sick wealthy man through an arranged marriage, despite the fact that she actually loves a neighborhood boy. After surviving in the new home, Yin Di gradually became one of those wealthy mean wives.

The fortunes of a group of partisan after the triumph of the socialist revolution.