在这部非常年月喜剧片中,In the thirties, during the Fascist Dictatorship, an insurance broker, Omero Battifiori, reaches a small country town from Rome seeking for new customers. The main authorities, expecting an incognito inspection from the Fascist Party of the capital, suspect him to be the inspector and a very important member of the Party. The misunderstanding leads to a number of equivocals until Omero reveals his identity.
The incognito visit of a fascist hierarc in a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.