Michel Piccoli

Mauro Ponticelli

Anouk Aimée

Marta Ponticelli

Michele Placido

Giovanni Sciabola

Gisella Burinato

Anna

Antonio Piovanelli

Quasimodo

Anna Orso

Marilena

Giampaolo Saccarola

Insane Brother

Adriana Pecorelli

Sonia

Franca Maria De Monti

Paola Ciampi

Ponticelli's Mother

Pier Giorgio Bellocchio

Giorgio

Mario Prosperi

Mario Ponticelli

Elizabeth Labi

Ponticelli's Fiancée

Enrico Bergier

Ponticelli's Brother

Mario Ravasio

Brother of Suicide

Gaetano Campisi

Actor

Marino Cenna

Actor

Lamberto Consani

Giovanni's Friend

Giancarlo Sammartano

Passerby

Oreste Rotundo

Passerby

Remo Remotti

Thief

Marina Sassi

Giovanni's Friend

Rossano Weber

Fire-Eater

Alessandro Antonucci

Ponticelli Child

Daria Fago

Ponticelli Child

Natalia Fago

Ponticelli Child

Matteo Fago

Ponticelli Child

Giovanni Frezza

Ponticelli Child

Maria Pia Frezza

Ponticelli Child

Gianluca Giusti

Pasquale Moscianese

Carlotta Natoli

Daniele Piretti

Valerio Tozzi

Vittorio Caprioli

Mauro Ponticelli (voice)

Livia Giampalmo

Marta Ponticelli (voice)

Frédérique Alexandre

Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)

Silverio Conti

Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)