The writer Felice (Totò) and the photographer Pasquale live in poverty. Their friend Eugenio, son of the Marquis Ottavio, convinces the two to accompany him and pretend they are aristocrats when he goes to ask for the hand of his beloved Gemma (Sofia Loren). All the double crosses, mixed messages and startling coincidences are handled with exquisite comic timing, presided over by Totò
