"Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-controlling mother, until their family hires a new young maid that changes his life."
Paolo Villaggio
as Conte Fernando - Didino
Lila Kedrova
as Contessa Mafalda
Eleonora Giorgi
as Angela
Antonino Faà di Bruno
as Zio Alberto
Renato Chiantoni
as Anchise, domestico
Orchidea De Santis
as Jolanda, la Sposa
Guido Cerniglia
as Gianluca - Fernando's friend
Carmine Ferrara
as Andrea - Gianluca's friend
Enzo Spitaleri
as Fernando, lo Sposo
Jimmy il Fenomeno
as Peppe - Angela's brother
Vera Drudi
as Driade, domestica
Carla Mancini
as
Vittorio Fanfoni
Sergio Corbucci
Screenplay
Massimo Franciosa
Luciano Salce
Director
Fiorenzo Senese
Production Design
Alexander Blonksteiner
Conductor
Costume Design
Francesco Vetrano
Production Secretary
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Francesco Bellomo
Still Photographer
Pino Pennesi
Gianfranco Mecacci
Makeup Artist
Pietro Sassaroli
Angela Bordi
Assistant Editor
Francesco Gagliardini
Assistant Camera
Luis García Berlanga
Novel
Amedeo Salfa
Editor
Edilio Rusconi
Producer
Paolo Franceschi
Hairstylist
Annamaria Roca
Giuliana Serano
Assistant Costume Designer
Giorgio Gentili
First Assistant Director
Rolando Pieri
Administration
Egle Guarino
Script Supervisor
Gianfranco Pacella
Boom Operator
Rafael Azcona
Aldo U. Passalacqua
Line Producer
Luigi Bernardini
Mario Dallimonti
Sound
Claudio Cinini
Assistant Production Design
Attilio Viti
Unit Manager
Nello Giorgetti
Assistant Set Decoration
Erico Menczer
Director of Photography
Franco Micalizzi
Original Music Composer