"Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life."
Rosanna Schiaffino
as Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
Bruce Balaban
as Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
Maria Pia Schiaffino
as Air Hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
Jean-Marc Bory
as Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Alexandra Stewart
as Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Orson Welles
as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
Mario Cipriani
as Stracci (segment "La ricotta")
Laura Betti
as Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Edmonda Aldini
as Another Diva (segment "La ricotta")
Ettore Garofolo
as Ettore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta")
Ugo Tognazzi
as Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Lisa Gastoni
as Togni's Wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Ricky Tognazzi
as The Son (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Antonella Taito
as The Daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Maria Bernardini
as Stripteaser (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Umberto Bevilacqua
as Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Adele Cambria
as Woman at Banquet (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Elsa De Giorgi
as Productor's Wife (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Michel Delahaye
as (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Rossana Di Rocco
as Stracci's Daughter (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Jean-André Fieschi
Vittorio La Paglia
as The Journalist (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
André S. Labarthe
as (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (voice) (uncredited)
Lamberto Maggiorani
as Man in the Tableau-Vivant (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Tomas Milian
as Centurione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Giovanni Orgitano
Franca Pasut
as Visitor (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Ruggero Rosi
as Religious Figure (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Gianrico Tedeschi
as The Psichiatrist (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
Carlo Zappavigna
as Anna-Maria's Boyfriend (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Flavio Mogherini
Production Design
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Gustavo Sisi
Eliseo Boschi
Production Manager
Yves Laplanche
Bruno Brunacci
Sound
Luigi Puri
Sergio Martinelli
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Franco Casati
Production Secretary
Bruno Frascà
Enzo Ocone
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ugo Gregoretti
Screenplay
Marcella De Marchis
Script Supervisor
Lina D'Amico
Alfredo Bini
Producer
Alberto Barsanti
Angelo Rizzoli
Antonio Negri
Production Supervisor
Fernando Franchi
Ruggero De Bonis
Sergio Citti
Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch
Renzo Rossellini
Carlo Di Carlo
Music Supervisor
Manolo Bolognini
Unit Manager
Mario Bernardo
Director of Photography
Tonino Delli Colli
Jean Rabier
Luciano Trasatti
Nino Baragli
Editor
Agnès Guillemot
Daniele Alabiso