Silvana Mangano

Lucia - The Mother

Terence Stamp

The Visitor

Massimo Girotti

Paolo - The Father

Anne Wiazemsky

Odetta - The Daughter

Laura Betti

Emilia - The Servant

Andrés José Cruz Soublette

Pietro - The Son

Ninetto Davoli

Angelino - The Messenger

Carlo De Mejo

Boy

Adele Cambria

Emilia - The Second Servant

Luigi Barbini

Il Ragazzo alla Stazione

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Second Boy

Alfonso Gatto

Doctor

Cesare Garboli

Interviewer

Susanna Pasolini

Old Peasant