Vittorio Gassman
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
Fanny Ardant
Adriana
Stefania Sandrelli
Beatrice
Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a young man
Emanuele Lamaro
Carlo as a child
Cecilia Dazzi
Beatrice as a young woman
Jo Champa
Adriana as a young woman
Joska Versari
Giulio as a child
Alberto Gimignani
Giulio as a young man
Massimo Dapporto
Giulio as a middle-aged man
Carlo Dapporto
Giulio as an old man
Consuelo Pascali
Adelina as a child
Ilaria Stuppia
Adelina as a young woman
Ottavia Piccolo
Adelina
Athina Cenci
Aunt Margherita
Alessandra Panelli
Aunt Luisa
Monica Scattini
Aunt Ornella
Ricky Tognazzi
Paolino as a middle-aged man
Philippe Noiret
Jean-Luc
Sergio Castellitto
Carletto as a young man
Memè Perlini
Aristide
Hanja Kochansky
Susanna
Allessandro Pizzolato
Paolino as a child
Fabrizio Cerusico
Paolino as a young man
Barbara Scoppa
Maddalena
Giampiero Gregori
Uncle Nicola (young)
Renzo Palmer
Uncle Nicola (old)
Marco Vivio
Carletto as a boy
Maurizio Marsala
Enrico as a child
Riccardo Massimi
Enrico as a young man
Giuseppe Cederna
Enrico as a middle-aged man
Massimo Venturiello
Armando
Dagmar Lassander
Marika
Andrea Livier Aronovich
Marina
Silvana De Santis
Juliette I
Paola Agosti
Juliette II
Francesca Balletta
Carlo's grandmother
Jacques Peyrac
Dr. Giordani
Raffaela Davi
Doorkeeper
Antonio De Leo
Uncle Michele
Allessandra Zoppi
Wife of Uncle Michele
Eleonora Cecere
(uncredited)