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

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