Roberto Benigni as Guido

Nicoletta Braschi as Dora

Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué

Giustino Durano as Zio

Sergio Bini Bustric as Ferruccio

Marisa Paredes as Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz as Dottore Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi as Signora Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice as Direttrice Didattica

Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo

Pietro De Silva as Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo as Vittorino

Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena

Claudio Alfonsi as Amico Rodolfo

Gil Baroni as Prefetto

Massimo Bianchi as Uomo della chiave

Jürgen Bohn as Attendente tedesco festa

Verena Buratti as German Auxilliary

Robert Camero as Soldato tedesco fucilazione

Ennio Consalvi as Generale Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino as Cameriere Ernesto

Aaron Craig as Carrista USA

Alfiero Falomi as Re

Daniela Fedke as Ausiliaria tedesca

Antonio Fommei as Bidello scuola

Stefano Frangipani as Giocatore

Ernst Frowein Holger as Sergente tedesco

Alessandra Grassi as Maestra

Hannes Hellmann as German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger as German Major at Party

Margarita Lucia Krauss as Soldatessa cena bambini

Patrizia Lazzarini as 1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Maria Letizia as 2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Concetta Lombardo as Gigliola

Maria Rita Macellari as Regina

Carlotta Mangione as Eleonora

Franco Mescolini as Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione

Francesca Messinese as Signora Opera

Inger Lise Middelthon as Ausiliaria tedesca

Andrea Nardi as Tappezziere

Günther Pfanzelter as Soldato tedesco

Cristiana Porchiella as Maestra zitella

Antonio Prester as Bruno

Gina Rovere as Dora's Maid

Laura Susanne Ruedeberg as German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti as Poliziotto cartolibreria

Richard Sammel as German Lieutenant at Station

James Schindler as Tedesco fisso

Andrea Tidona as Grand Hotel Doorman

Dirk K. van den Berg as German Soldier

Giovanna Villa as Segretaria Comune

Omero Antonutti as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs as German Auxilliary (uncredited)

Daniela Fedtke as German Auxiliary (uncredited)