Overview
An elderly chestnut vendor lives in poverty but once a month puts on a show with silk and a carriage to impress her daughter in a convent. One day she is robbed of her meager savings.
Cast
- Emma Gramatica as La signora Maria
- Arturo Falconi as Zaganello
- Memo Benassi as Joe
- Maurizio D'Ancora as Fausto
- Vittorio De Sica as Fine dicitore
- Camillo Pilotto as Il commissario
- Nella Maria Bonora as Amante di Joe
- Anna Maria Dossena as Bianca
- Umberto Sacripante as Cliente
- Ugo Ceseri as Padre di Fausto