Jacqueline Porel as Mme Bazouche, la concierge (segment "L'Enfance")

Darry Cowl as Le professeur Dufieux (segment "L'Enfance")

Micheline Dax as Lulu, locataire et travailleuse du trottoir (segment "L'Enfance")

Paulette Dubost as Mme Tronche, une locataire (segment "L'Enfance")

Jacques Duby as Victor, l'amoureux d'une locataire (segment "L'Enfance")

Pierre-Jean Vaillard as M. Bazouche, agent de police (segment "L'Enfance")

Noël Roquevert as Le colonel Chappe, un locataire (segment "L'Enfance")

Marline Lambert as Gisèle, la petite fille (segment "L'Enfance")

Bibi Morat as Jaja, le petit garçon (segment "L'Enfance")

Pierre Paulet as (segment "L'Enfance")

Pierre Mondy as Édouard, le père de Bichette (segment "L'Adolescence")

Sophie Desmarets as Lucienne, la mère de Bichette (segment "L'Adolescence")

Roger Pierre as Le « Prince charmant » toutes versions (segment "L'Adolescence")

Jean Desailly as Le narrateur (voice) (segment "L'Adolescence")

Annie Sinigalia as Bichette (segment "L'Adolescence")

Simone Paris as L'amie de Lucienne (segment "L'Adolescence")

François Nocher as Jacques (segment "L'Adolescence")

Pierre-Louis as (segment "L'Adolescence")

Valérie Lagrange as Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Pierre Michaël as François (segment "La Virginité")

Nicole Chollet as La mère de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Marie-Thérèse Orain as L'amie de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Paul Bonifas as Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Pascal Mazzotti as L'employé de bureau (segment "La Virginité")

Joëlle Latour as L'amie de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Charles Bouillaud as Le patron de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")

Marie-José Nat as Line, la jeune mariée (segment "Le Mariage")

Claude Rich as Charles, le jeune marié (segment "Le Mariage")

Yves Robert as Le dragueur à moustache (segment "Le Mariage")

Jacques Marin as Le contôleur du train (segment "Le Mariage")

Jacques Fabri as Un cheminot (segment "Le Mariage")

Albert Michel as Le curé dans le train (segment "Le Mariage")

Alain Bouvette as (segment "Le Mariage")

Paul Meurisse as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")

Dany Robin as Nicole Perret, l'épouse frivole (segment "L'Adultère")

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Gilles, l'amant (segment "L'Adultère")

Claude Piéplu as Berton-Marsact, fabriquant de savons (segment "L'Adultère")

Alice Kessler as La jumelle, un mannequin de publicité (segment "L'Adultère")

Ellen Kessler as L'autre jumelle, un mannequin de publicité (segment "L'Adultère")

François Périer as Michel, le mari (segment "Le Divorce")

Annie Girardot as Danielle, l'épouse (segment "Le Divorce")

Francis Blanche as Me Marcerou, avocat et ami du couple (segment "Le Divorce")

Jean Poiret as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))

Michel Serrault as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")

Denise Grey as La mère de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")

Georges Chamarat as Le juge, conciliateur (segment "Le Divorce")

Alfred Adam as Ami de Michel (segment "Le Divorce")

Martine Carol as Eliane Girard (segment "La Femme seule")

Robert Lamoureux as M. Désiré / Frederic Leroy (segment "La Femme seule")

Silvia Monfort as Gilberte Dumas, secrétaire de direction (segment "La Femme seule")

Suzanne Nivette as Mlle Mangebois, la vieille dame riche (segment "La Femme seule")

Simone Renant as L'avocate de M. Désiré (segment "La Femme seule")

Paul Villé as Le président du tribunal (segment "La Femme seule")

Robert Rollis as Un spectateur de la partie de ping-pong (segment "La Femme seule")

Jacques Bernard as Narrateur principal (voice)

Brigitte Barbier as (segment "L'Enfance") (uncredited)