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...

Genres

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

Delia Scala

La moglie dell'avvocato

Aroldo Tieri

Luigino, il segretario di Leonardi