
Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and perpetually starving, the pretty petty thief doesn't give up her quest for ill-gotten gains and soon turns to pick-pocketing. Despite her questionable thieving skills, the bumbling crook tries scheme after scheme, pilfering from strangers and dodging the law as she searches for a way to fund an adequate meal.
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Monica Vitti as Teresa

Stefano Satta Flores as Ercoletto

Isa Danieli as Dina

Carlo Delle Piane as Carlo Occhilustri

Michele Placido as Tonino Santità, detto Mortadella

Valeriano Vallone as Sisto

Luciana Turina as Gianna la boccona

Anna Bonaiuto as

Geraldine Hooper as

Nazzareno Natale as Federico

Denise Péron as

Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Alvaro "Ciancastorta"

Franco Diogene as

Elisabetta Genovese as

Ada Passeri as Detenuta (uncredited)

Luigi Antonio Guerra as

Rosita Torosh as

Geraldine Hooper as
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