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...
Elsa Merlini
Gino Cervi
Giulietta Masina
Alberto Sordi
Eduardo De Filippo
Titina De Filippo
Vittorio De Sica
Aldo Fabrizi
Isa Miranda
Carlo Ninchi
Bella Starace Sainati
Delia Scala
Aroldo Tieri
Enrico Viarisio
Milly Vitale
Arturo Bragaglia
Vittoria Crispo
Paolo Ferrara
Armando Migliari
Marcella Rovena
Dina Sassoli
Peppino De Filippo