Teresa the Thief (1973)
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.
Director:
Carlo Di Palma
Writers:
Furio Scarpelli, Dacia Maraini, Agenore Incrocci.
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Monica Vitti as Teresa |
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Stefano Satta Flores as Ercoletto |
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Isa Danieli as Dina |
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Carlo Delle Piane as Carlo Occhilustri |
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Michele Placido as Tonino Santità, detto Mortadella |
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Valeriano Vallone as Sisto |
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Luciana Turina as Gianna la boccona |
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Anna Bonaiuto as |
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Geraldine Hooper as |
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Nazzareno Natale as Federico |
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Denise Péron as |
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Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Alvaro "Ciancastorta" |
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Franco Diogene as |
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Elisabetta Genovese as |
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Ada Passeri as Detenuta (uncredited) |
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Luigi Antonio Guerra as |
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Rosita Torosh as |
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Geraldine Hooper as |
| Directing | Carlo Di Palma | Director |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dacia Maraini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dacia Maraini | Novel |
| Directing | Gabriele Polverosi | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Annamaria Roca | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Magnanti | Hairstylist |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adriana Berselli | Costume Design |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Production Design |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Production | Aldo U. Passalacqua | Line Producer |
| Camera | Dario Di Palma | Director of Photography |
| Production | Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
| Production | Attilio Viti | Unit Manager |
| Production | Francesco Guerrieri | Production Secretary |
| Production | Giovanna Di Michele | Administration |
| Production | Silvana Olasio | Administration |
| Directing | Claudio Risi | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Angela Bordi | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Gerard Dreyfus | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Blasco Giurato | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giancarlo Martella | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Silvano Tessicini | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Emanuele Benazzi Taglietti | Set Decoration |
| Art | Nello Giorgetti | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Hess Pacifico | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Mario Dallimonti | Sound |
| Sound | Giovanni Fratarcangeli | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manlio Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilberto Provenghi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvana Senzacqua | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |