"A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories."
Aldo Fabrizi
as Book peddler (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
Mario Riva
as Picky Customer (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
Arnoldo Foà
as Tuscan farmer (segment "Questione d'interesse")
Paolo Stoppa
as Guido's father (segment "L'Idillio")
Amedeo Nazzari
as Andrea Fabbri (segment "La morsa")
Gina Lollobrigida
as Mariantonia Desiderio (segment "Il processo di Frine")
Vittorio De Sica
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
Marisa Merlini
as Lady in the open car (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
Elio Pandolfi
as The groom (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni")
Enzo Staiola
as Son of the newsagent (segment "Il carrettino dei libri vecchi")
Galeazzo Benti
as l'amante della signora
Luigi Cimara
as il signore nell'auto scoperta
Pina Renzi
as l'edicolante
Alba Arnova
as Matilde
Andrea Checchi
as Camillo
Vittorio Vaser
as il capitano
Enzo Cerusico
as il tamburino
Folco Lulli
as contadino
Rina Morelli
as la madre di Guido
Sergio Tofano
as il nonno di Guido
Maurizio Di Nardo
as Guido
Geraldina Parrinello
as Filli
Elisa Cegani
as Giulia Fabbri
Roldano Lupi
as Antonio Serra
Barbara Florian
as la sposa
Elena Altieri
as la moglie del maggiore
Silvio Bagolini
as la guida al santuario
Arturo Bragaglia
as il pubblico ministero
Vittorio Caprioli
as il marito di Mariantonia
Anna Carena
as Teresa, la domestica
Bruno Corelli
as il cameriere
Clely Fiamma
as la canzonettista
Giovanni Grasso
as il presidente del tribunale
Dante Maggio
as primo testimone
Carlo Mazzarella
as quarto testimone
Jone Morino
as Maddalena, la zia di Guido
Umberto Sacripante
as terzo testimone
Attilio Tosato
as il sergente
Antonio Acqua
as
Oscar Andriani
Armando Annuale
Aldo Bettoni
Annamaria Bugliari
Manlio Busoni
Mirza Capanna
Gian Luca Cortese
Salvatore Costa
Pietro Di Falco
Marisa Finiani
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
André Hildebrand
Mario Mazza
Carlo Mazzoni
Luigi Moneta
Filippo Morucci
Turi Pandolfini
Amalia Pellegrini
Dina Perbellini
Pina Piovani
Dino Raffaelli
Giuseppe Ricagno
Goliarda Sapienza
Ugo Sasso
Gustavo Serena
Antonio Thellung
Gondrano Trucchi
Aldo Vasco
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Carlo Montuori
Director of Photography
Alessandro Blasetti
Director
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Gábor Pogány
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Vitaliano Brancati
Italo Dragosei
Franco Freda
Makeup Artist
Goffredo Bellisario
Camera Operator
Guglielmo Garroni
Vittorio Forges Davanzati
Production Manager
Gaia Romanini
Assistant Costume Designer
Sandro Continenza
Turi Vasile
Dario Cecchi
Costume Design
Romualdo Marenco
Theatre Play
Edmondo De Amicis
Novel
Renato Fucini
Vinicio Marinucci
Luigi Pirandello
Brunello Rondi
Franco Lolli
Production Design
Camillo Boito
Isa Bartalini
Second Assistant Director
Gaetano Carancini
Paolo Gargano
Production Secretary
Luigi Ceccarelli
Script Supervisor
Oreste Biancoli
Veniero Colasanti
Agostino Moretti
Sound
Attilia Radice
Choreographer
Edoardo Scarfoglio
Filippo Mercati
Carlo Civallero
Producer
Augusto Mazzetti
Giuseppe Zucca
First Assistant Director
Guido Nobili
Amalia Paoletti
Hairstylist
Orazio Tassara
Unit Manager