Vittorio Gassman as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant as Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli as Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti as Carlo as a young man

Emanuele Lamaro as Carlo as a child

Cecilia Dazzi as Beatrice as a young woman

Jo Champa as Adriana as a young woman

Joska Versari as Giulio as a child

Alberto Gimignani as Giulio as a young man

Massimo Dapporto as Giulio as a middle-aged man

Carlo Dapporto as Giulio as an old man

Consuelo Pascali as Adelina as a child

Ilaria Stuppia as Adelina as a young woman

Ottavia Piccolo as Adelina

Athina Cenci as Aunt Margherita

Alessandra Panelli as Aunt Luisa

Monica Scattini as Aunt Ornella

Ricky Tognazzi as Paolino as a middle-aged man

Philippe Noiret as Jean-Luc

Sergio Castellitto as Carletto as a young man

Memè Perlini as Aristide

Hanja Kochansky as Susanna

Allessandro Pizzolato as Paolino as a child

Fabrizio Cerusico as Paolino as a young man

Barbara Scoppa as Maddalena

Giampiero Gregori as Uncle Nicola (young)

Renzo Palmer as Uncle Nicola (old)

Marco Vivio as Carletto as a boy

Maurizio Marsala as Enrico as a child

Riccardo Massimi as Enrico as a young man

Giuseppe Cederna as Enrico as a middle-aged man

Massimo Venturiello as Armando

Dagmar Lassander as Marika

Andrea Livier Aronovich as Marina

Silvana De Santis as Juliette I

Paola Agosti as Juliette II

Francesca Balletta as Carlo's grandmother

Jacques Peyrac as Dr. Giordani

Raffaela Davi as Doorkeeper

Antonio De Leo as Uncle Michele

Allessandra Zoppi as Wife of Uncle Michele

Eleonora Cecere as (uncredited)