109 minutes
9/16/1949
Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.
Gina Lollobrigida
as Agostina
Yvonne Sanson
as Australia
Carlo Romano
as Il maresciallo
Carlo Giustini
as Marco
Clelia Matania
as Bianca
Ernesto Almirante
as Il Possidente
Agostino Salvietti
as Il Sindaco
Gino Saltamerenda
as Fernando
Salvatore Arcidiacono
as Il Farmacista
Ada Colangeli
as Francesca
Pasquale Misiano
as Autista del camioncino
Eduardo De Filippo
as Don Andrea
Vittoria Febbi
as Connie
Nanda De Santis
as Luciana Gastaldi (uncredited)
Carlo Pisacane
as Filippo, il sacristano (uncredited)
Francesco Santoro
as Franco (uncredited)