"Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history."
Aldo Fabrizi
as Don Pietro, Priest of Monterotondo (segment "Garibaldina")
Irène Galter
as Maria (segment "Garibaldina")
Franco Interlenghi
as Rico (segment "Garibaldina")
Carlo Ninchi
as Sottufficiale garibaldino (segment "Garibaldina")
Vittorio De Sica
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Nadia Gray
as Countess Muriella di Lucoli (segment "Pendolin")
Carlo Campanini
as Pendolin, the Doorman (segment "Pendolin")
Luigi Cimara
as Count Ubaldo di Lucoli (segment "Pendolin")
Eduardo De Filippo
as Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
Titina De Filippo
as Aunt Matilde (segment "Purificazione")
Giulietta Masina
as The Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")
Angiola Faranda
as Ester Fiorelli (segment "Purificazione")
Rina Morelli
as Maria Bianchi (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
Ernesto Almirante
as Antonio Bianchi (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
Virgilio Riento
as The Police Commissioner (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segm. "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")
Myriam Bru
as Anna, Carlos' Wife (segment "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")
Maurice Chevalier
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
Alba Arnova
as Lucia , Massimo's Daughter (segment "Amore 1954")
Jacques Sernas
as Roberto aka Roby, Lucia's Husband (segment "Amore 1954")
Xenia Valderi
as Margaret (segment "Amore 1954")
Ferdinando Cappabianca
as Sergio Viani (segment "Amore 1954")
Nando Di Claudio
as Guest at the Party (segment "Amore 1954")
Laura Gore
as The Snob Girl (segment "Amore 1954")
Margherita Nicosia Bossi
as Signora Adele (segment "Pendolin")
Turi Pandolfini
as Veterinario di Monterotondo (segment "Garibaldina")
Nino Pavese
as The Passport Control Officer (segment "Nozze d'Oro")
Nico Pepe
as Ufficiale delle truppe papali (segment "Garibaldina")
Nietta Zocchi
as Nunziata (segment "Garibaldina")
Emilio Petacci
as Vincenzo, Massimo's Secretary (segment "Amore 1954")
Giovanni Filidoro
as The Delivery Man (segment "Purificazione")
Alberto Plebani
as Gaspare (segment "Pendolin")
Eduardo Passarelli
as The Manager of the Charity Raffle (segment "Pendolin")
Oscar Andriani
as Commander of Garibaldi's Army (segm. "Garibaldina") (uncredited)
Carla Arrigoni
as Guest at the Party (segment "Amore 1954") (uncredited)
Vittorio Braschi
Adriana Danieli
Antonio Nicotra
Luca Ronconi
Maria Tedeschi
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Franco Scandurra
as (segment "Pendolin") (uncredited)
Anna Luisa Meneghini
Script Supervisor
Michele Contessa
Assistant Costume Designer
Mario Fioretti
Camera Operator
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound
Euclide Santoli
Makeup Artist
Lionello De Felice
Director
Guido Gozzano
Novel
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer
Nino Rota
Teo Usuelli
Carlo Civallero
Producer
Giorgio Prosperi
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Oreste Biancoli
Franco Brusati
Alba De Céspedes
Giuseppe Marotta
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Guido Rocca
Fabrizio Sarazani
Vincenzo Talarico
Gino Visentini
Serge Veber
Fabio Rinaudo
Roberto Redi
Marcello Baldi
First Assistant Director
Bruno Brunacci
Armando W. Tamburella
Second Assistant Director
Anthony Steffen
Guglielmo Colonna
Unit Manager
Carlo De Felice
Production Assistant
Piero Lazzari
Production Secretary
Lucio Orlandini
Ottorino Volpi
Assistant Production Design
Vittorio Rossi
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Elio Scardamaglia
Production Manager
Gino Rocca
Theatre Play
Marino Moretti
Story
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Costume Design
Franco Lolli
Production Design