Vittorio Gassman

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant

Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli

Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti

Carlo as a young man

Jo Champa

Adriana as a young woman

Joska Versari

Giulio as a child

Alberto Gimignani

Giulio as a young man

Massimo Dapporto

Giulio as a middle-aged man

Carlo Dapporto

Giulio as an old man

Ottavia Piccolo

Adelina

Athina Cenci

Aunt Margherita

Alessandra Panelli

Aunt Luisa

Monica Scattini

Aunt Ornella

Ricky Tognazzi

Paolino as a middle-aged man

Philippe Noiret

Jean-Luc

Sergio Castellitto

Carletto as a young man

Memè Perlini

Aristide

Barbara Scoppa

Maddalena

Renzo Palmer

Uncle Nicola (old)

Marco Vivio

Carletto as a boy

Giuseppe Cederna

Enrico as a middle-aged man

Massimo Venturiello

Armando

Dagmar Lassander

Marika

Silvana De Santis

Juliette I

Paola Agosti

Juliette II

Antonio De Leo

Uncle Michele

Eleonora Cecere

(uncredited)