- It tells of the youth of Casanova, that, after an unhappy childhood and early ecclesiastical activity in Venice, became abbot, abandoned his vocation for the love of a countess; despite the plot, more than a portrait of Casanova the film wants to be a vivid fresco of the Venetian society of the time
- A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia (south of Italy). They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.