Teresa the Thief

Overview

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.

Directed by Carlo Di Palma

Top cast

Monica Vitti

Teresa

Stefano Satta Flores

Ercoletto

Isa Danieli

Dina

Carlo Delle Piane

Carlo Occhilustri

Michele Placido

Tonino Santità, detto Mortadella

V

Valeriano Vallone

Sisto

Luciana Turina

Gianna la boccona

Anna Bonaiuto

G

Geraldine Hooper

Nazzareno Natale

Federico

Denise Péron

Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Alvaro "Ciancastorta"

Franco Diogene

Elisabetta Genovese

Ada Passeri

Detenuta (uncredited)

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Rosita Torosh

Geraldine Hooper

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