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
Maria
Gino Cervi
Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
Giulietta Masina
Ermelinda
Alberto Sordi
Donato
Eduardo De Filippo
Raffaele, il professore di matematica
Titina De Filippo
La padrona di Ermelinda
Vittorio De Sica
Leonardo Leonardi
Aldo Fabrizi
Il commendatore Giovanni Marchetti
Isa Miranda
Angela Leonardi
Carlo Ninchi
Il sacerdote
Bella Starace Sainati
Celestina, la guardiana
Delia Scala
La moglie dell'avvocato
Aroldo Tieri
Luigino, il segretario di Leonardi
Enrico Viarisio
L'amico di Marchetti
Milly Vitale
Nandina, l'amante di Leonardi
Arturo Bragaglia
Zio Matteo
Vittoria Crispo
Annetta
Paolo Ferrara
Il medico
Armando Migliari
Il legale del Leonardi
Marcella Rovena
La contessa
Dina Sassoli
Carolina
Peppino De Filippo
L'avvocato
Crew
Giorgio Pàstina
Director
Aldo De Benedetti
Screenplay
Federico Fellini
Screenplay
Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Nicola Manzari
Screenplay
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Domenico Scala
Director of Photography
Roberto Fabbri
First Assistant Director
Carlo Civallero
Production Coordinator
Marcello Giannini
Production Supervisor
Alfredo Montori
Production Design
Marcello Gatti
Camera Operator
Gaia Romanini
Costume Design
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist
Bruno Brunacci
Sound
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Raffaello Tolfo
Set Decoration
Elvira D'Amico
Script Supervisor
Giacomo Aragno
Production Manager
Paolo Gargano
Production Secretary
