Michel Piccoli as Mauro Ponticelli

Anouk Aimée as Marta Ponticelli

Michele Placido as Giovanni Sciabola

Gisella Burinato as Anna

Antonio Piovanelli as Quasimodo

Anna Orso as Marilena

Giampaolo Saccarola as Insane Brother

Adriana Pecorelli as Sonia

Franca Maria De Monti as

Paola Ciampi as Ponticelli's Mother

Pier Giorgio Bellocchio as Giorgio

Mario Prosperi as Mario Ponticelli

Elizabeth Labi as Ponticelli's Fiancée

Enrico Bergier as Ponticelli's Brother

Mario Ravasio as Brother of Suicide

Gaetano Campisi as Actor

Marino Cenna as Actor

Lamberto Consani as Giovanni's Friend

Giancarlo Sammartano as Passerby

Oreste Rotundo as Passerby

Remo Remotti as Thief

Marina Sassi as Giovanni's Friend

Rossano Weber as Fire-Eater

Alessandro Antonucci as Ponticelli Child

Daria Fago as Ponticelli Child

Natalia Fago as Ponticelli Child

Matteo Fago as Ponticelli Child

Giovanni Frezza as Ponticelli Child

Maria Pia Frezza as Ponticelli Child

Gianluca Giusti as

Pasquale Moscianese as

Carlotta Natoli as

Daniele Piretti as

Valerio Tozzi as

Vittorio Caprioli as Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

Livia Giampalmo as Marta Ponticelli (voice)

Frédérique Alexandre as Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)

Silverio Conti as Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)