"In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself."
Alberto Sordi
as Onofrio Del Grillo
Paolo Stoppa
as Papa Pio VII
Caroline Berg
as Olimpia
Riccardo Billi
as Aronne Piperno
Flavio Bucci
as Don Bastiano
Camillo Milli
as Segretario del Papa
Cochi Ponzoni
as Conte Rambaldo
Marc Porel
as Capitano Blanchard
Pietro Tordi
as Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
Leopoldo Trieste
as Padre Sabino
Giorgio Gobbi
as Ricciotto
Isabelle Linnartz
as Genuflessa
Tommaso Bianco
as Amministratore
Marina Confalone
as Camilla
Elena Fiore
as Anita
Elena Daskowa Valenzano
as Marchesa del Grillo
Andrea Bevilacqua
as Polpeo
Angela Campanella
as Faustina
Isabella De Bernardi
as Figlia di Gasperino
Gianni Di Pinto
as Maruccio
Ettore Geri
as High priest who presides over the execution
Ivan De Paola
as
Nicola Di Marzio
Jacques Herlin
as Rabet
Salvatore Iacono
as Bargello
Elisa Mainardi
as Moglie di Gasperino
Renzo Rinaldi
Salvatore Biondo
as Monk (uncredited)
Sal Borgese
as giocatore di carte
Mimmo Poli
as Oste
Arnaldo Caivano
as Cardinal (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
as Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
Salvatore Francofonte
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Mario Monicelli
Director
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Massimo Tavazzi
Set Decoration
Giuseppe Auriemma
Production Manager
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
Marc Maurette
Luciano De Feo
Producer
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Bruna Parmesan
Co-Costume Designer
Leonardo Benvenuti
Franco Casati
Piero De Bernardi
Cecilia Catalucci
Assistant Editor
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Maarten de Wit
Production Secretary
Marco Profeta
Assistant Camera
Francesco Frigeri
Assistant Production Design
Giuseppe Pirrotta
Sandro Tamborra
Camera Operator
Giacomo Campiotti
Second Assistant Director
Sergio Bologna
Enrico Maggi
Vasco Benucci
Raoul Settimelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Gasperina Marani
Giancarlo De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Marco Tamburella
Executive Producer
Franco Rufini
Makeup Artist
Eugenio Raimondi
Gaffer
Decio Trani
Boom Operator
Sergio Serantoni
Key Grip
Otello Sisi
Corrado Cristofori
Franco Borni
Sound
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Claudio Valerio
Bruno Ricci
Unit Manager
Valentino Signoretti
Bernardino Zapponi
Story
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Renzo Rossellini
Sergio D'Offizi
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Bernardini
Benito Leonardi
Special Effects Technician
Enrico Appetito
Still Photographer
Enzo Diliberto
Foley Artist
Renato Marinelli
Amanzio Todini
First Assistant Director
Rosanna Landi