Anna Magnani

Maddalena Cecconi

Walter Chiari

Alberto Annovazzi

Tina Apicella

Maria Cecconi

Gastone Renzelli

Spartaco Cecconi

Tecla Scarano

Tilde Spernanzoni

Lola Braccini

Photographer's Wife

Arturo Bragaglia

Photographer

Nora Ricci

Laundry Worker

Vittorina Benvenuti

Linda Sini

Mimmetta

Teresa Battaggi

Snob Mother

Gisella Monaldi

Door-keeper

Amalia Pellegrini

Luciana Ricci

Giuseppina Arena

Liliana Mancini

Iris

Alessandro Blasetti

Self

Vittorio Musy Glori

Self

Mario Chiari

Self

Luigi Filippo D'Amico

Self

George Tapparelli

Self

Luciano Caruso

(uncredited)

Michele Di Giulio

(uncredited)

Mario Donatone

(uncredited)

Franco Ferrara

Il Direttore d'Orchestra della R.A.I. (uncredited)

Iolanda Fortini

Mother at Cinecittà (uncredited)

Pietro Fumelli

(uncredited)

Corrado

Announcer (uncredited)

Lilly Marchi

(uncredited)

Guido Martufi

Young Boy at Hair-Dresser's Shop (uncredited)

Anna Nighel

(uncredited)

Lina Rossoni

(uncredited)

Sonia Scotti

Young Girl (uncredited)

Luchino Visconti

Director

Spartaco Conversi

Production Secretary

Gaetano Donizetti

Music

Oberdan Troiani

Camera Operator

Vittorio Musy Glori

Production Manager

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Screenplay

Francesco Rosi

Screenplay

Idelmo Simonelli

Camera Operator

Luchino Visconti

Screenplay

Franco Ferrara

Conductor

Paolo Moffa

Production Manager

Alberto De Rossi

Makeup Artist

Francesco Rosi

Assistant Director

Paul Ronald

Still Photographer

Franco Mannino

Music Supervisor

Rinaldo Ricci

Continuity

Franco Zeffirelli

Assistant Director

Orlando Orsini

Production Supervisor

Mario Serandrei

Editor

Cesare Zavattini

Story

Salvo D'Angelo

Producer

Paul Ronald

Director of Photography

Piero Portalupi

Director of Photography

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Gianni Polidori

Production Design

Ovidio Del Grande

Sound

Franco Mannino

Original Music Composer