 | Philippe Noiret als Raffaele Giuranna |
 | Michele Placido als Nicola Giuranna |
 | Vittorio Mezzogiorno als Rocco Giuranna / Young Donato |
 | Andréa Ferréol als Raffaele's Wife |
 | Maddalena Crippa als Giovanna |
 | Rosaria Tafuri als Rosaria |
 | Marta Zoffoli als Marta |
 | Tino Schirinzi als Raffaeles's Friend |
 | Simonetta Stefanelli als Young Donato's Wife |
 | Pietro Biondi als 1st Judge |
 | Charles Vanel als Donato Giuranna |
 | Accursio Di Leo als 1st Friend at Bar |
 | Girolamo Marzano als Nicola's Friend |
| Girolamo Marzano als The Brother's Mother |
| Gina Pontrelli als The Brother's Mother |
| Gina Pontrelli als The Brother's Mother |
| Francesco Rosi | Director |
| Tonino Guerra | Story |
| Tonino Guerra | Screenplay |
| Francesco Rosi | Story |
| Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Franco Ballati | Production Manager |
| Gianni Arduini | First Assistant Director |
| Andrei Platonov | Novel |
| Mario Cimini | Camera Operator |
| Mario Bramonti | Sound |
| Massimo Tavazzi | Set Decoration |
| Andrea Crisanti | Production Design |
| Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Pasqualino De Santis | Director of Photography |
| Alessandro von Norman | Production Coordinator |
| Giorgio Nocella | Producer |
| Antonio Macri | Producer |
| Lynn Kamern | Production Supervisor |
| Renata Franceschi | Script Supervisor |
| Enzo Lucarini | Administration |
| Fausto Capozzi | Accountant |
| Lorenzo Errico | Production Secretary |
| Matteo von Normann | Production Secretary |
| Sergio Strizzi | Still Photographer |
| Roberto Gengarelli | Assistant Camera |
| Massimo Riccioli | Assistant Camera |
| Giuseppe Muratori | Boom Operator |
| Franco Freda | Makeup Artist |
| Adalgisa Favella | Hairstylist |
| Onelio Millenotti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Renato Agostini | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Lea Mazzocchi | Assistant Editor |
| Bruno Sarandrea | Assistant Editor |
| Romano Checcacci | Sound Mixer |
| Renato Marinelli | Sound Effects |
| Aldo Colanzi | Key Grip |
| Angelo Tiberti | Grip |
| Mario Pezzotti | Grip |
| Bruno Colanzi | Grip |
| Luciano Leoni | Gaffer |
| Fiorangelo Plocco | Electrician |
| Sergio Marra | Electrician |
| Franco Boccini | Electrician |
| Ettore Zampagni | Electrician |
