 | Luigi Lo Cascio als Domenico Lopresti |
 | Valerio Binasco als Angelo Cammarota |
 | Francesca Inaudi als Cristina di Belgiojoso |
 | Andrea Bosca als Young Angelo Cammarota |
 | Edoardo Natoli als Young Domenico Lopresti |
 | Luigi Pisani als Salvatore Tambasco |
 | Guido Caprino als Felice Orsini |
 | Renato Carpentieri als Carlo Poerio |
 | Michele Riondino als Saverio Tambasco |
 | Peppino Mazzotta als Don Carmine Lopresti |
 | Franco Ravera als Antonio Gomez |
 | Stefano Cassetti als Carlo Rudio |
 | Andrea Renzi als Sigismondo di Castromediano |
 | Ivan Franěk als Dr. Simon Bernard |
 | Roberto De Francesco als Ludovico |
 | Toni Servillo als Giuseppe Mazzini |
 | Luca Barbareschi als Antonio Gallenga |
 | Fiona Shaw als Emilie Ashurst |
 | Luca Zingaretti als Francesco Crispi |
 | Anna Bonaiuto als Older Cristina di Belgiojoso |
 | Alfonso Santagata als Saverio 'O' trappetaro' Tabasco |
 | Fulvia Carotenuto als Domenico's mother |
 | Pino Calabrese als Marshall Del Carretto |
 | Beppe Rosso als Customs officer |
 | Ivan Alovisio als Young Antonio Gallenga ('Procida') |
 | Paolo Mazzarelli als Committee member |
 | Roberto Accornero als Luigi Melegari |
| Emiliano Masala als Soldier |
 | Bruno Cariello als Don Carlo |
 | Renato Marotta als Arduino |
 | Enzo Salomone als Marquis Pica |
 | Edoardo Winspeare als Nicola Nisco |
 | Antonio Pennarella als Prison warden |
 | Giovanni Capalbo als Chief of guards |
 | Francesco Di Leva als Prison guard |
 | Carlo Guitto als Prison guard |
 | Giovanni Ludeno als Gaetano Errichello |
| Antonello Cossia als Giovanni Caruso |
 | Totò Onnis als Francesco Romano |
 | Salvatore Cantalupo als Pasquale Vuoso |
| Luigi Biondi als Cesare Braico |
 | Vito Facciolla als Zaccaria Gallo |
| Giancarlo Muselli als Luigi Sticco |
 | Marco Mario De Notaris als Michele Pironti |
 | Michelangelo Dalisi als Felice Barone |
 | Claudio Spadaro als Bourbon agent |
 | Nuccio Siano als Prisoner |
 | Lola Peploe als Orsini's lover |
 | Romuald Kłos als Stanisław Worcell |
| Vanessa Faye-Stanley als Rudio's wife |
 | Beppe Chierici als Monsieur Hebert, a policeman |
| Francis Pardeilhan als Monsieur Delange, a judge |
| Claude Lebas als Priest in jail |
 | Pierre Lucat als Reader of the verdict |
| Dante de Rose als Innkeeper |
 | Giovanni Calcagno als Actor from the Vicaria |
 | Vincenzo Pirrotta als Actor from the Vicaria |
 | Salvatore Ragusa als Actor from the Vicaria |
| Gino De Luca als Garibaldino |
 | Paolo Civati als Garibaldino |
| Rocco Capraro als Garibaldino |
| Massimo Zordan als Garibaldino |
| Filippo Plancher als Garibaldino officer |
 | Jurij Ferrini als Piedmontese commander |
 | Pietro Manigrasso als Prisoner (uncredited) |
 | Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia als Aristocratico |
| Mario Martone | Director |
| Mario Martone | Screenplay |
| Giancarlo De Cataldo | Screenplay |
| Mario Martone | Dialogue |
| Anna Banti | Novel |
| Gaetano Carito | Sound |
| Maricetta Lombardo | Sound |
| Roberto Abbado | Music Director |
| Hubert Westkemper | Music |
| Ippolita Di Majo | Researcher |
| Vittorio Sodano | Makeup Artist |
| Aldo Signoretti | Hair Designer |
| Emita Frigato | Production Design |
| Ursula Patzak | Costume Design |
| Jacopo Quadri | Editor |
| Renato Berta | Director of Photography |
| Patrizia Massa | Executive Producer |
| Serge Lalou | Co-Producer |
| Carlo Degli Esposti | Producer |
| Conchita Airoldi | Producer |
| Giorgio Magliulo | Producer |
| Carlo Cresto-Dina | Associate Producer |
| Raffaele Di Florio | Casting |
| Paola Rota | Casting |
| Fiorella Giovanelli | Continuity |
| Pascal Vicedomini | Thanks |
| Morgana Bianco | Extras Casting |
| Alberto Martin | Extras Casting |
| Paolo Del Brocco | Co-Producer |
| Andrea Alunni | Unit Manager |
| Fabio Lombardelli | Assistant Production Manager |
| Erik Paoletti | Production Manager |
| Malgorzata Krystyna Kloda | Makeup Artist |
| Vittorio Sodano | Makeup Designer |
| Katia Sisto | Makeup Artist |
| Diego Prestopino | Makeup Artist |
| Marco Perna | Hair Supervisor |
| Rossella Gregorio | Makeup Artist |
| Alessandro D'Anna | Makeup Artist |
| Federico Carretti | Makeup Artist |
| Natalie Cristiani | First Assistant Editor |
| Chiara Griziotti | Assistant Editor |
| Gianni Monciotti | Post Production Coordinator |
| Alessandro Pelliccia | Colorist |
| Sara Casani | Second Assistant Director |
| Raffaele Di Florio | Assistant Director |
| Alice Filippi | Second Assistant Director |
| David Maria Putorti | First Assistant Director |
| Vincenzo Rosa | Second Assistant Director |
| Paola Rota | Assistant Director |
| Valérie Tristan | First Assistant Director |
| Alessio Federico Fugolo | Grip |
| Maura Morales Bergmann | Third Assistant Camera |
| Martino Pellion Di Persano | Assistant Camera |
| Renaud Personnaz | Camera Operator |
| Stefano Meloni | Focus Puller |
| Riccardo Mellana | Grip |
| Danilo Grazzani | First Assistant Camera |
| Fabio Farinaro | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sandro De Frino | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Tullio Arcangeli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Roberto Caroselli | Recording Supervision |
| Alessandro Feletti | Dialogue Editor |
| Alessandro Molaioli | Boom Operator |
| Silvia Moraes | Sound |
| Brando Mosca | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Luca Novelli | Boom Operator |
| Daniele Scaringella | Sound Assistant |
| Alessandro Arcangeli | Foley Artist |
| Arianna Arcangeli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Elisabetta Antico | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Domenica Columpsi | Costume Assistant |
| Sara Giovene | Costume Assistant |
| Enrica Iacoboni | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Claudette Lilly | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Elena Pascaniuc | Seamstress |
| Nadia Salvatore | Set Costumer |
| Luigi Pinto | Production Assistant |
| Marzia Milanesi | Publicist |
| Daniele Manca | Production Assistant |
| Gabriele Gentili | Payroll Accountant |
| Margherita Di Tullio | Production Coordinator |
| Deborah Cesana | Production Secretary |
| Paolo Antonini | Stunts |
| Mauro Caterini | Stunts |
| Riccardo Mioni | Stunts |
| Stefano Maria Mioni | Stunt Coordinator |
| Alessandro Novelli | Stunts |
| Marco Pancrazi | Stunts |
| Massimo Racca | Stunts |
| Gabriele Ragusa | Stunts |
| Tatiana Romanova | Stunts |
| Bruno Verdirosi | Stunts |
| Mario Martone | Script |
| Mario Martone | Writer |
| Mario Martone | Co-Writer |
| Mario Martone | Script Consultant |
| Mario Martone | Script Editor |
