PLOT

A middle-aged countess who lives by her own devices finds a way of cheating two ex-officers, an American and a German, who have returned to Italy after the war. Having come for a conference, the two locate the villa which had been the headquarters first of the German command, then of the Americans, and which the countess now rents. In one of the rooms of the villa hangs the portrait of a beautiful woman who had once impressed the two foreigners. The countess introduces the men to an unemployed dancer who bears an extraordinary resemblance to the portrait, pretending she is her niece. Naturally, both men fall madly in love with the girl. Trying to outdo one another in turn, the two men end up by beating each other senseless, each thinking he has killed his rival. It is the countess who reunites them after having squeezed a little money out of them in exchange for her silence and help in obtaining illegal emigration. (Enrico Lancia)
Story and sreenplay by Andrea Forzano.