Toni Servillo as Eduardo Scarpetta

Maria Nazionale as Rosa De Filippo-Scarpetta

Cristiana Dell'Anna as Luisa De Filippo

Antonia Truppo as Adelina De Renzis

Eduardo Scarpetta as Vincenzo Scarpetta

Roberto De Francesco as Salvatore Di Giacomo

Lino Musella as Benedetto Croce

Paolo Pierobon as Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gianfelice Imparato as Gennaro Pantalena

Iaia Forte as Rosa Gagliardi

Giovanni Mauriello as Mirone

Chiara Baffi as 'Nennella' De Filippo

Roberto Caccioppoli as 'Mimì' Scarpetta

Lucrezia Guidone as Irma Gramatica

Elena Ghiaurov as Lyda Borelli

Gigio Morra as president of the Court

Greta Esposito as Maria Scarpetta

Marzia Onorato as Titina De Filippo

Alessandro Manna as Eduardo De Filippo

Tommaso Bianco as Uncle Pasqualino

Benedetto Casillo as Luca

Francesco Di Leva as Photographer

Giovanni Ludeno as Ferdinando Russo

Nello Mascia as examining magistrate

Viviana Cangiano as

Serena Pisa as

Pierluigi Gigante as

Ciro Pauciullo as Poeta (as Ciro Paciullo)