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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