Plot

In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.—Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>

In 1865 Paris, in 1865, in an orphan-asylum, everyone is an orphan: the girls, the headmistress, the dog, and the two watchmen, Gasparre and Battista. These last two decide to look for an orphan's father so she can marry; when they go to a chiromancer to seek advice, Gasparre finds out that he is the son of a count. They find his relatives and get involved in a series of adventures, some of which involve them to risk their skin.—Baldinotto da Pistoia