The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ugo Tognazzi

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Angela Portaluri

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Carlo Kechler

General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio

Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Luciana Vincenzi

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Carlo Bagno

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Daniele Vargas

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Françoise Leroy

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Sal Borgese

Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Riccardo Paladini

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Lando Buzzanca

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Mario Brega

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Anna Lina Alberti

Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Marisa Merlini

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Renato Izzo

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Rika Dialina

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Michèle Mercier

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Franco Castellani

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Maria Mannelli

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Mario Laurentino

Producer

Mario Cecchi Gori

Production Design

Ugo Pericoli

Costume Design

Ugo Pericoli

Original Music Composer

Armando Trovajoli

Story

Elio Petri

Screenplay

Elio Petri

Director

Dino Risi

Screenplay

Dino Risi

Story

Dino Risi

Production Manager

Pio Angeletti

Story

Agenore Incrocci

Screenplay

Agenore Incrocci

Screenplay

Ettore Scola

Dialogue

Ettore Scola

Story

Ettore Scola

Story

Furio Scarpelli

Screenplay

Furio Scarpelli

First Assistant Director

Vana Caruso

Gaffer

Domizio Ercolani

Dialogue

Ruggero Maccari

Screenplay

Ruggero Maccari

Story

Ruggero Maccari

Unit Manager

Umberto Santoni

Makeup Artist

Otello Sisi

Sound

Fausto Ancillai

Director of Photography

Alfio Contini

Production Secretary

Mario D'Alessio

Set Decoration

Arrigo Breschi

Script Supervisor

Renato Rizzuto

Editor

Maurizio Lucidi

Camera Operator

Maurizio Scanzani

Hairstylist

Gustavo Sisi

Sound

Guido Ortenzi

Key Grip

Amerigo Casagrande