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...
as Maria
as Filiberto 'Berto' Morucchi
as Ermelinda
as Donato
as Raffaele, il professore di matematica
as La padrona di Ermelinda
as Leonardo Leonardi
as Il commendatore Giovanni Marchetti
as Angela Leonardi
as Il sacerdote
as Celestina, la guardiana
as La moglie dell'avvocato
as Luigino, il segretario di Leonardi
as L'amico di Marchetti
as Nandina, l'amante di Leonardi
as Zio Matteo
as Annetta
as Il medico
as Il legale del Leonardi
as La contessa
as Carolina
as L'avvocato
