 | Philippe Noiret als Alfredo |
 | Jacques Perrin als Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult) |
 | Marco Leonardi als Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen) |
 | Salvatore Cascio als Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child) |
 | Agnese Nano als Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut) |
 | Antonella Attili als Maria Di Vita (young) |
 | Enzo Cannavale als Spaccafico |
 | Isa Danieli als Anna |
 | Leo Gullotta als Ignazio, usher |
 | Pupella Maggio als Maria Di Vita (aged) |
 | Leopoldo Trieste als Father Adelfio |
 | Tano Cimarosa als Fabbro, blacksmith |
 | Nicola Di Pinto als Village idiot |
 | Roberta Lena als Lia |
 | Nino Terzo als Peppino's Father |
 | Turi Giuffrida |
 | Mariella Lo Giudice |
 | Giorgio Libassi |
 | Beatrice Palme |
| Ignazio Pappalardo |
| Angela Leontini |
 | Mimmo Mignemi |
| Turi Killer |
 | Angelo Tosto |
| Franco Catalano |
 | Brigitte Fossey als Elena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited) |
 | Giuseppe Tornatore als Projectionist (uncredited) |
| Nellina Lagana |
| Margherita Mignemi |
| Giuseppe Pellegrino |
| Concetta Borpagano |
| Giuseppe Tornatore | Director |
| Giuseppe Tornatore | Screenplay |
| Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Giovanna Romagnoli | Producer |
| Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Blasco Giurato | Director of Photography |
| Mario Morra | Editor |
| Giuseppe Di Biase | Camera Operator |
| Giovanni Corridori | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Andrea Morricone | Additional Soundtrack |
| Andrea Crisanti | Production Design |
| Paolo Borselli | Hairstylist |
| Maurizio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Giuseppe Giglietti | Assistant Director |
| Danilo Bollettini | Special Effects |
| Angelo Ragusa | Stunts |
| Alvaro Passeri | Animation |
| Luigi Bonanno | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Luca Montanari | Assistant Editor |
| Beatrice Bordone | Costume Design |
| Franco Tamponi | Musician |
| Giuseppe Tornatore | Story |
| Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Vanna Paoli | Writer |
| Massimo Anzellotti | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dan Edelstein | Supervising Sound Editor |
