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.
Cast
Monica Vitti
Teresa
Stefano Satta Flores
Ercoletto
Isa Danieli
Dina
Carlo Delle Piane
Carlo Occhilustri
Michele Placido
Tonino Santità, detto Mortadella
Valeriano Vallone
Sisto
Luciana Turina
Gianna la boccona
Anna Bonaiuto
Unknown
Geraldine Hooper
Unknown
Nazzareno Natale
Federico
Denise Péron
Unknown
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Alvaro "Ciancastorta"
Franco Diogene
Unknown
Elisabetta Genovese
Unknown
Ada Passeri
Detenuta (uncredited)
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Unknown
Rosita Torosh
Unknown
Geraldine Hooper
Unknown
Crew
Carlo Di Palma
Director
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Dacia Maraini
Screenplay, Novel
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Annamaria Roca
Assistant Editor
Angela Bordi
Assistant Editor
Dario Di Palma
Director of Photography
Gabriele Polverosi
First Assistant Director
Gerard Dreyfus
Second Assistant Director
Giovanni Bertolucci
Producer
Aldo U. Passalacqua
Line Producer
Luciano Ricceri
Production Design
Blasco Giurato
Camera Operator
Silvano Tessicini
Assistant Camera
Giancarlo Martella
Assistant Camera
Tina Hess Pacifico
Assistant Costume Designer
Adriana Berselli
Costume Design
Renata Magnanti
Hairstylist
Silvana Senzacqua
Assistant Hairstylist
Gilberto Provenghi
Assistant Makeup Artist
Manlio Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Mixer
Mario Dallimonti
Sound
Giovanni Fratarcangeli
Boom Operator
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Emanuele Benazzi Taglietti
Set Decoration
Nello Giorgetti
Assistant Set Decoration
Claudio Risi
Script Supervisor
Mario Cotone
Production Manager
Attilio Viti
Unit Manager
Silvana Olasio
Administration
Giovanna Di Michele
Administration
Francesco Guerrieri
Production Secretary
