 | Massimo Troisi als Mario Ruoppolo |
 | Philippe Noiret als Pablo Neruda |
 | Maria Grazia Cucinotta als Beatrice Russo |
 | Renato Scarpa als Telegrapher |
 | Linda Moretti als Donna Rosa |
 | Mariano Rigillo als Di Cosimo |
 | Anna Bonaiuto als Matilde |
 | Sergio Solli als Peasant |
 | Carlo Di Maio als Priest |
 | Nando Neri |
| Vincenzo Di Sauro |
 | Orazio Stracuzzi |
 | Alfredo Cozzolino als Di Cosimo's Associate |
 | Simona Caparrini als Elsa Morante (uncredited) |
 | Calogero Azzaretto als Bookseller (uncredited) |
| Assunta Stacconi als Old Woman in Church (uncredited) |
 | Angelo Casadei als Cinema Spectator (uncredited) |
| Michael Radford | Director |
| Antonio Skármeta | Novel |
| Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Gaetano Daniele | Producer |
| Luis Bacalov | Original Music Composer |
| Franco Di Giacomo | Director of Photography |
| Roberto Perpignani | Editor |
| Massimo Troisi | Screenplay |
| Michael Radford | Screenplay |
| Gianna Gissi | Costume Design |
| Lorenzo Baraldi | Production Design |
| Vincenzo Testa | Production Manager |
| Alberto Passone | Executive Producer |
| Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Giacomo Scarpelli | Story |
| Massimo Loffredi | Sound |
| Massimo Troisi | Co-Director |
| Gaia Gorrini | First Assistant Director |
| Raffaele Veneruso | Unit Manager |
| Elide Cortesi | Script Supervisor |
| Alfredo Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Simone Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Léone Noël | Key Makeup Artist |
| Ferdinando Merolla | Hair Department Head |
| Stefano Veneruso | Second Assistant Director |
| Laura Casalini | Assistant Production Design |
| Stefano Coletta | Camera Operator |
| Ernesto Natoli | Assistant Camera |
| Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Rita Triunveri | Assistant Editor |
| Lidia Pascolini | Assistant Editor |
| Alessandra Perpignani | Sound Supervisor |
| Ezio Marcorin | Sound Editor |
| Angelo Raguseo | Sound Mixer |
| Paolo Amici | Sound Effects |
| Tullio Arcangeli | Sound Effects |
| Giulio D'Angeli | Sound Effects |
| Saverio Lancia | Sound Effects |
| Ezio Marcorin | Sound Effects |
| Daniele Masini | Sound Effects |
| Augusto Penna | Sound Effects |
| Roberto Sterbini | Sound Effects |
| Valerio Garzia | Electrician |
| Alberto Altibrandi | Electrician |
| Rolando Marcheggiani | Electrician |
| Giancarlo Bachetti | Electrician |
| Elio Bosi | Grip |
| Piero Bosi | Grip |
| Gerardo Ferrara | Stunt Double |
