Renzo Cesana

Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.

A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.

During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.

Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

In the 1840s, most Californians want their state to break away from Mexico and possibly join the USA but Russia, Britain and France aim to grab California for themselves.