Vittorio Gassman as Mario Dorazio

Ugo Tognazzi as Amedeo

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Enrico D'Orsi

Marcello Mastroianni as Luigi

Stefania Sandrelli as Giovanna

Carla Gravina as Carla

Ombretta Colli as Enza

Galeazzo Benti as Galeazzo

Milena Vukotić as Emanuela

Stefano Satta Flores as Tizzo

Serge Reggiani as Sergio Stifler

Agenore Incrocci as Emilio

Leonardo Benvenuti as Terrace Guest

Ugo Gregoretti as Terrace Guest

Lucio Lombardo Radice as Lucio Lombardo Radice

Francesco Maselli as Citto Maselli

Mino Monicelli as RAI President

Claudio Sestieri as Enrico's Son

Lucio Villari as Terrace Owner

Helena Ronee as Terrace Owner

Marie Trintignant as Isabella

Venantino Venantini as Terrace Guest

Ritza Brown as Luigi's Girl

Olimpia Carlisi as Feminist Guest

Simonetta Del Frate as Ada

Graziella Galvani as Writer

Fabio Garriba as Giorgio Campi

Margherita Horowitz as Terrace Guest

Elisa Mainardi as

Maurizio Micheli as Bruno Cerioni

Remo Remotti as Terrace Guest

Fausto Schermi as Capitaine Fracasse's Director

Marie Claire Solleville as Marcella Dorazio

Gheorghieva Danon Zora as

Amerigo Alberani as Prof. Pomarango (uncredited)

Elena Fabrizi as Costanza (uncredited)

Giuseppe Marrocco as Protagonist in Giorgio Campi's Film (uncredited)

Angiolina Quinterno as Nicoletta (uncredited)

Irina Sanpiter as PCI Congress Hostess (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari as Woman in TV Debate (uncredited)

Carlo Cattaneo as Old Terrace Guest (uncredited)

Filippo Perego as French Man at Private Screening (uncredited)

Umberto Alivernini as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Vittorio Ripamonti as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Alfonso Giganti as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Osvaldo Peccioli as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Luciano Zanussi as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Eros Buttaglieri as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Domenico Demitri as Private Screening Audience Member (uncredited)

Pietro Fumelli as Old Waiter (uncredited)