Cast (60)

Alberto Sordi

Merchant of children

Vittorio Gassman

Cimino

Fernandel

The widower

Nino Manfredi

Waiter

Silvana Mangano

Signora Matteoni

Paolo Stoppa

Giorgio

Renato Rascel

Coppola

Jack Palance

Matteoni

Vittorio De Sica

Defense lawyer

Anouk Aimée

Giorgio's wife Irene

Lino Ventura

Giovanna's father

Melina Mercouri

Foreign lady

Ernest Borgnine

Pickpocket

Paul Demange

Miser in Paris

Jimmy Durante

The man with the large nose

Lamberto Maggiorani

Poor man

Akim Tamiroff

Play director

Elli Davis

The blonde

Georges Rivière

Gianni

Jaime de Mora y Aragón

l'ambasciatore

Mike Bongiorno

Self

Eleonora Brown

Giovanna

Elisa Cegani

la madre di Giovanna

Franco Franchi

disoccupato

Ciccio Ingrassia

disoccupato

Domenico Modugno

il cantante

Marisa Merlini

una madre

Andreina Pagnani

ospite in casa Matteoni

Giuseppe Ianigro

la personalità

Alberto Bonucci

ospite in casa Matteoni

Sergio Jossa

Luca

Lilli Lembo

annunciatrice Tv

Maria Pia Casilio

cameriera

Mario Abussi

Giuseppe Porelli

l'accompagnatore delle personalità

Nando Angelini

Edith Peters

Black Woman

Giacomo Furia

Regina Bianchi

Luigi Bonos

Vittorio Bonos

Ugo D'Alessio

un Pulcinella

Eugenio Maggi

Teresa De Vita

Pietro De Vico

venditore ambulante

Enzo Petito

Gigi Reder

il pazzariello

Agostino Salvietti

Carlo Taranto

un giudicato

Hilde Maria Renzi

Mario Passante

Nello Ascoli

Alfredo Melidoni

Pasquale Cennamo

Nino Di Napoli

Alberto Albani Barbieri

Eliana De Sabata

Alfio Vita

Pilade Collaveri

Salvatore Porcaro

Boy at the Window (uncredited)

Crew (31)

Vittorio De Sica

Director

Cesare Zavattini

Story

Alfredo De Laurentiis

Line Producer

Franco Montemurro

First Assistant Director

Elio Costanzi

Set Decoration

Giulia Mafai

Assistant Costume Designer

Luisa Alessandri

First Assistant Director

Pasquale Romano

Production Design

Giuseppe Metalli

Special Effects

Mario Abussi

Unit Manager

Carla Fierro

Script Supervisor

Giorgio Morra

Unit Manager

Franco Ferrara

Conductor

Adriana Novelli

Editor

Luciano Marrocchi

Gaffer

Biagio Fiorelli

Sound

Pilade Collaveri

Production Secretary

Luciano Tonti

Assistant Camera

Gaspare Carboni

Makeup Artist

Anna Cristofani

Hairstylist

Checco Rissone

First Assistant Director

Aldo Bonifazi

Key Grip

Mario Capriotti

Camera Operator

Pietro Bologna

Assistant Production Design

Bruno Moreal

Sound

Marisa Letti

Assistant Editor

Gábor Pogány

Director of Photography

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Dino De Laurentiis

Producer

Alessandro Cicognini

Original Music Composer

Elio Costanzi

Costume Design