The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ugo Tognazzi

Acting

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

Acting

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Lando Buzzanca

Acting

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Marisa Merlini

Acting

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Ρίκα Διαλυνά

Acting

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Michèle Mercier

Acting

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

Acting

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Franco Castellani

Acting

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Maria Mannelli

Acting

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Mario Laurentino

Acting

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Angela Portaluri

Acting

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Carlo Kechler

Acting

General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio

Acting

Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Luciana Vincenzi

Acting

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Carlo Bagno

Acting

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Daniele Vargas

Acting

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Françoise Leroy

Acting

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Sal Borgese

Acting

Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Acting

Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Riccardo Paladini

Acting

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Mario Brega

Acting

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

Acting

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

Acting

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Acting

Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Anna Lina Alberti

Acting

Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Acting

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori

Production

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

Acting

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

Acting

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

Acting

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

Acting

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

Acting

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

Acting

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

Acting

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi

Acting

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

Acting

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Renato Izzo

Writing

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

Acting

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

Acting

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

Acting

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

Acting

Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo

Acting

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

Editing

Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul

Acting

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

Acting

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini

Acting

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

Acting

Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria

Acting

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

Acting