Marcello Mastroianni as Oreste

Monica Vitti as Adelaide

Giancarlo Giannini as Nello

Manuel Zarzo as Ugo

Marisa Merlini as Silvana

Juan Diego as Antonio's Son

Fernando Sánchez Polack as District Head of Communist Party

Hércules Cortés as Ambleto di Meo

Gioia Desideri as Adelaide's friend

Juan Diego as Diego's son

Bruno Scipioni as pizzeria worker

Josefina Serratosa as Antonia

Giuseppe Maffioli as Oreste's lawyer

Corrado Gaipa as Presidente del Tribunale

Paola Natale as fioraio

Brizio Montinaro as

Nerina Montagnani as

Angelo Casadei as

Nestore Cavaricci as

Augusta Di Vincenzi as Woman at market (uncredited) / Hospital visitor (uncredited)