Teresa the Thief

6.9

Italy

Comedy

125 min

1973

Monica Vitti Rosita Torosh Luigi Antonio Guerra Ada Passeri Elisabetta Genovese Franco Diogene Fiorenzo Fiorentini Denise Péron Nazzareno Natale Anna Bonaiuto Luciana Turina Michele Placido Carlo Delle Piane Isa Danieli Stefano Satta Flores Geraldine Hooper

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.