Overview
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...
Cast
- Elsa Merlini as Maria
- Gino Cervi as Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
- Giulietta Masina as Ermelinda
- Alberto Sordi as Donato
- Eduardo De Filippo as Raffaele, il professore di matematica
- Titina De Filippo as La padrona di Ermelinda
- Vittorio De Sica as Leonardo Leonardi
- Aldo Fabrizi as Il commendatore Giovanni Marchetti
- Isa Miranda as Angela Leonardi
- Carlo Ninchi as Il sacerdote