 | Nino Manfredi als Omero Battifiori |
 | Gino Cervi als Salvatore Acquamano |
 | Michèle Mercier als Elvira |
 | Gastone Moschin als Carmine Passante |
 | Salvo Randone als Il medico antifascista |
 | Angela Luce als Rosa De Bellis |
 | Rosalia Maggio als Donna Nunzia |
| Giuseppe Ianigro als Nicola De Bellis |
 | Linda Sini als Elsa |
 | Carla Calò als moglie del preside |
| Dolores Palumbo als signora De Vincenzi |
 | Mario Pisu als gerarca |
| Enzo Petito als ingegnere del circolo |
 | Alfredo Rizzo als attore che interpreta Menelik |
| Mario Passante als commerciante fascista |
 | Giulio Marchetti als attore che interpreta il colonizzatore italiano |
 | Fanfulla als attore che interpreta la perfida Albione |
 | Luigi Leoni als contadino |
| Anita Durante als madre di Omero |
| Ruggero Pignotti als Aurelio Bitetto, direttore scolastico |
| Lino Crispo als banditore |
 | Salvatore Porcaro als Luggage Porter (uncredited) |
| Luigi Zampa | Director |
| Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Ettore Scola | Screenplay |
| Achille Piazzi | Producer |
| Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Luigi Zampa | Screenplay |
| Sergio Amidei | Story |
| Vincenzo Talarico | Story |
| Luigi Zampa | Story |
| Nikolai Gogol | Theatre Play |
| Paolo Bianchini | First Assistant Director |
| Roberto Pariante | Second Assistant Director |
| Anna Maria Montanari | Script Supervisor |
| Ovidio Del Grande | Sound |
| Manlio Urbani | Boom Operator |
| Enrico Santelli | Still Photographer |
| Luigi Filippo Carta | Camera Operator |
| Ruggero Radicchi | Assistant Camera |
| Carlo Bartolini | Unit Manager |
| Franco Lazazzara | Production Secretary |
| Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
| Franco Palombi | Makeup Artist |
| Nicla Palombi | Hairstylist |
| Piero Gherardi | Costume Supervisor |
| Lucia Mirisola | Costume Design |
| Piero Poletto | Production Design |
| Nedo Azzini | Set Decoration |
| Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |
| Renato Jaboni | Production Manager |
| Piero Piccioni | Conductor |
