"Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice."
Massimo Troisi
as Mario Ruoppolo
Philippe Noiret
as Pablo Neruda
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
as Beatrice Russo
Renato Scarpa
as Telegrapher
Linda Moretti
as Donna Rosa
Mariano Rigillo
as Di Cosimo
Anna Bonaiuto
as Matilde
Sergio Solli
as Peasant
Carlo Di Maio
as Priest
Nando Neri
as
Vincenzo Di Sauro
Orazio Stracuzzi
Alfredo Cozzolino
as Di Cosimo's Associate
Simona Caparrini
as Elsa Morante (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
as Bookseller (uncredited)
Assunta Stacconi
as Old Woman in Church (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Radford
Director
Antonio Skármeta
Novel
Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Gaetano Daniele
Luis Bacalov
Original Music Composer
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Vincenzo Testa
Production Manager
Alberto Passone
Executive Producer
Gerardo Ferrara
Stunt Double
Furio Scarpelli
Story
Giacomo Scarpelli
Massimo Loffredi
Sound
Co-Director
Gaia Gorrini
First Assistant Director
Raffaele Veneruso
Unit Manager
Elide Cortesi
Script Supervisor
Alfredo Marazzi
Key Makeup Artist
Simone Marazzi
Léone Noël
Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Department Head
Stefano Veneruso
Second Assistant Director
Laura Casalini
Assistant Production Design
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Ernesto Natoli
Assistant Camera
Ettore Mancini
Boom Operator
Rita Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Lidia Pascolini
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Supervisor
Ezio Marcorin
Sound Editor
Angelo Raguseo
Sound Mixer
Paolo Amici
Sound Effects
Tullio Arcangeli
Giulio D'Angeli
Saverio Lancia
Daniele Masini
Augusto Penna
Roberto Sterbini
Valerio Garzia
Electrician
Alberto Altibrandi
Rolando Marcheggiani
Giancarlo Bachetti
Elio Bosi
Grip
Piero Bosi
Screenplay