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Lando Buzzanca

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Franco Castellani

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Maria Mannelli

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Mario Laurentino

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Kechler

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio

General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Luciana Vincenzi

Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Salvatore Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Riccardo Paladini

Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Anna Lina Alberti

Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Renato Izzo

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo

Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul

Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria

Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)

Ugo Pericoli

Production design

Arrigo Breschi

Set decoration

Amerigo Casagrande

Alfio Contini

Maurizio Scanzani

Camera operator

Ugo Pericoli

Costume design

Gustavo Sisi

Hairstylist

Otello Sisi

Makeup artist

Dino Risi

Director

Vana Caruso

First assistant director

Renato Rizzuto

Script supervisor

Maurizio Lucidi

Editor

Domizio Ercolani

Gaffer

Pio Angeletti

Mario D'Alessio

Umberto Santoni

Mario Cecchi Gori

Producer

Fausto Ancillai

Guido Ortenzi

Armando Trovajoli

Original music composer

Furio Scarpelli

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Elio Petri

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Agenore Incrocci

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Dino Risi

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Ruggero Maccari

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Ettore Scola

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