À Rome, le général Marcus Vinicius rencontre Lygia, une esclave, dont il tombe amoureux. Mais elle est chrétienne et ne veut rien avoir à faire avec un homme de guerre. Marcus la rachète pourtant à l'empereur Néron, mais elle s'échappe avec l'aide d'un ami. En la retrouvant, Marcus va apprendre à connaître les Chrétiens.
In this occasionally amusing frolic, Gina Lollobrigida plays a sexy widow who returns to Italy from New York following the death of her husband. Her wealth and good looks entice all the men in her small village except for the one she really wants, the town blacksmith (Dale Robertson). Giuseppe Rotunno's warm cinematography and the irresistible Lollobrigida make this one worth seeing, while the screenplay (by Ettore Margadonna, Luciana Corda, and Joseph Stefano) manages to be clever without being smirky. Look for a funny bit by Vittorio DeSica, who supervised some scenes, as a loquacious priest. This film is also known as both Anna of Brooklyn and Fast and Sexy.