Ugo Tognazzi

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")

Vittorio Gassman

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")

Lando Buzzanca

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

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

Marino Masé

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

Franco Castellani

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Maria Mannelli

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Mario Laurentino

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Kechler

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

Ugo Attanasio

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

Luciana Vincenzi

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

Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Françoise Leroy

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Sal Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

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

Riccardo Paladini

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

Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Anna Lina Alberti

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

Franco Caracciolo

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

Mario Cecchi Gori

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

Roberto Chevalier

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

Rosemary Dexter

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

Thea Fleming

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

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

Corrado Gaipa

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

Veriano Ginesi

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

Carlo Giuffrè

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

Antonio Guidi

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

Jacques Herlin

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

Renato Izzo

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

Antonio La Raina

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

Elisa Mainardi

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

Pat O'Hara

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

Quinto Parmeggiani

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

Carmen Pericolo

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

Carlo Reali

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

Jean Rougeul

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

Stefano Satta Flores

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

Leonardo Severini

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

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

Yacinto Yaria

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

Efi Kamper

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

With Fire and Sword

In the Name of the Italian People

The Gold of Naples

Lost Soul

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

The Magnificent Cuckold

Il commissario Lo Gatto

The Boom

No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous

Weekend, Italian Style

Hypochondriac

Love and Larceny

Dear Father

Fever Pitch

The Air I Breathe

Matador

Ossessione

Rebels

Compartment No. 6

Fitzcarraldo