Carlo Cecchi as Renato Caccioppoli

Anna Bonaiuto as Anna

Renato Carpentieri as Luigi Caccioppoli

Toni Servillo as Pietro

Antonio Neiwiller as Don Simplicio

Licia Maglietta as Emilia

Fulvia Carotenuto as Lina

Roberto De Francesco as Leonardo

Andrea Renzi as Leo

Alessandra D'Elia as Stella

Annalisa Foà as Adele

Lucio Amelio as The Marquis

Vera Lombardi as Maria Bakunin

Lucio Allocca as PCI Leader

Toni Bertorelli as Antonio Alcamo

Nicola Di Pinto as PCI Leader

Franco Javarone as Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)

Antonino Iuorio as Ferdinando, a journalist

Nello Mascia as PCI Senator

Enzo Moscato as Biondino

Vincenzo Salemme as PCI Activist

Enzo Salomone as Mathematician

Mario Santella as Anarchist

Sergio Solli as Magistrate

Tonino Taiuti as Roberto, a journalist

Pasquale Zito as Man in the waiting room

Ferdinando Sirignano as Man in the waiting room

Anna Annunziata as Woman in the waiting room

Carlo Di Maio as Cop

Antonio Caldarella as Cop

Beniamino Femiano as Professor

Cesare Accetta as Assistant

Gianfranco Campo as Student

Raffaele Di Florio as Student

Gloria Migliaccio as Student

Michele Moscariello as Student

Maurizio Bizzi as Allocca, the janitor

Michele Lauri as O' Turrese, the beggar

Angelo Bove as Bellhop

Agostino Chiummariello as Bellhop

Rosa Badino as Donna Teresa, the porter

Francesca Amitrano as Child

Donna Esposito as Child

Uta Zulke as German Girl

Gino Curcione as Femminiello

Gennaro Aubry as Femminiello

Emilio Massa as Femminiello

Tonino Ricchezza as Femminiello

Arturo Cirillo as Mario, a student

Peppe Bosone as Peppe, the innkeeper

Maria Izzo as Assunta, the innkeeper

Max Vajro as Dean

Mario Franco as Other Professor

Alberto Iuorio as Other Professor

Giovanni Polara as Other Professor

Luciana Zazzera as Wine Table Girl

Giuliana Gargiulo as Woman at Teatro San Carlo

Tullia Matania as Virginia

Francesco Ruotolo as Giuseppe, a worker

Attilio Majolo as Don Nicola, the car parking attendant

Livia Patrizi as Examined Student

Francesco Biscione as Examined Student

Tonino Di Meglio as Marquis' Butler

Marco Manchisi as Undertaker

Antonello Cossia as Undertaker

Mario Porfito as Porter

Salvatore Felaco as Porter

Lello Salvatori as Giustino Sforza

Guido Donatoni as Lawyer

Francesco Cutillo as Lawyer

Pinotto Merlino as Gentleman

Lello Serao as Graveyard Director

Patrizio Rispo as Stefanini

Vanni Baiano as Anarchist