Sophia Loren

Cesira

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Michele Di Libero

Raf Vallone

Giovanni

Eleonora Brown

Rosetta

Carlo Ninchi

Filippo, il padre di Michele

Andrea Checchi

un fasciste

Pupella Maggio

un fermier

Emma Baron

Maria

Antonella Della Porta

La madre impazzita

Bruna Cealti

une évacuée

Luciano Pigozzi

Scimmione

Franco Balducci

il tedesco nel pagliaio

Mario Frera

Peppuccio

Curt Lowens

ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea

Luciana Cortellesi

Tony Calio

Remo Galavotti

Elsa Mancini

Giuseppina Ruggeri

Luigi Terribile

Antonio Gastaldi

Carolina Carbonaro

Alberto Castaldi

Lawyer (uncredited)

Vincenzo Musolino

Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)

Ettore Mattia

Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited)

Renato Salvatori

Florindo (uncredited)

Vittorio De Sica

Director

Serse Urbisaglia

Special Effects

Checco Rissone

Second Assistant Director

Giovanni Fago

Second Assistant Director

Giulia Mafai

Assistant Costume Designer

Giovanni Rossi

Sound

Philippe Arthuys

Special Sound Effects

Luisa Alessandri

First Assistant Director

Ines Bruschi

Script Supervisor

Mario Capriotti

Camera Operator

Joseph Nathanson

Special Effects

Pierluigi Praturlon

Still Photographer

Jone Tuzi

Line Producer

Mario Bianchi

Administration

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Lucio Bompani

Unit Manager

Alfredo Melidoni

Production Secretary

Emilio D'Andria

Assistant Set Decoration

Gianni Cecchin

Unit Manager

Gábor Pogány

Director of Photography

Adriana Novelli

Editor

Alberto Moravia

Novel

Gastone Medin

Production Design

Elio Costanzi

Costume Design

Carlo Ponti

Producer

Elio Costanzi

Set Decoration

Maria Angelini

Hairstylist

Giuseppe Annunziata

Makeup Artist

Armando Trovajoli

Original Music Composer