Aldo Fabrizi as Don Pietro Pellegrini

Marcello Pagliero as Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris

Harry Feist as Major Fritz Bergmann

Anna Magnani as Pina

Maria Michi as Marina Mari

Francesco Grandjacquet as Francesco

Vito Annichiarico as Marcello

Ákos Tolnay as Austrian Deserter

Joop van Hulzen as Captain Hartmann

Carla Rovere as Lauretta

Giovanna Galletti as Ingrid

Nando Bruno as Agostino the Sexton

Eduardo Passarelli as Neighborhood Police Sergeant

Carlo Sindici as Police Commissioner

Turi Pandolfini as Grandfather (uncredited)

Amalia Pellegrini as Nannina (uncredited)

Alberto Tavazzi as The Priest (uncredited)