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