• 
  Mauro Bolognini

  regizor

• 
  Sergio Amidei

  scenarist

• 
  Max von Sydow

  Lisa Carpi / șeful carabinierilor
• 
  Shelley Winters

  Lea
• 
  Renato Pozzetto

  Stella Kraus
• 
  Mario Scaccia

  Rosario
• 
  Maria Monti

  Second neighbor
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  Rita Tushingham

  Maria

• 
  Giancarlo Badessi

  Lisa's friend
• 
  Liu Bosisio

  The crippled neighbor
• 
  Adriana Asti

  Palma
• 
  Laura Antonelli

  Sandra
• 
  Regina Bianchi

  (voice double: Shelley Winters)
• 
  Franco Branciaroli

  Don Onorio, the priest
• 
  Alberto Lionello

  Berta Maner