Morally disturbed, a teacher, who forbids his students to leave the classroom during classes, installs a toilet in the classroom and feels delighted with all the noises coming from it. «'Il professore' ought to have been the first movie of a trilogy, all produced by myself, regarding similar human facts but not the same characters. After the ill fortune of 'La donna scimmia', Ponti became frightened and changed his mind. This sketch is one of the works I like the most. I believe it is an extremely sad character and that the atmosphere, as well as the realities of a family of the countryside, is well defined, the social position being concrete and clear. To me, the teacher is a frightening and distressing character. (...)His character is neither perverse nor romantic, nor has he decided to be as he is. He is just a shy man, unable to deal with certain situations. However, he lives in a society, which allows him being as he is. I never describe isolated characters or heroes. I would not say that the teache