 | Franco Franchi als Zi' Dima (segment "La giara") |
 | Ciccio Ingrassia als Don Lollò (segment "La giara") |
 | Omero Antonutti als Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Claudio Bigagli als Batà (segment "Mal di luna") |
 | Massimo Bonetti als Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Margarita Lozano als Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio") |
 | Orazio Torrisi als Comizzi (segment "L'altro figlio") |
 | Carlo Cartier als The Young Doctor (segment "L'altro figlio") |
 | Biagio Barone als Salvatore (segment "Requiem") |
| Laura Mollica als The girl / Francesca (segments "L'altro figlio" and "Requiem") |
 | Giovanni Marsala als Jeli (segment "La giara") |
 | Enrica Maria Modugno als Sidora (segment "Mal di luna") |
 | Regina Bianchi als Mother of Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Tony Sperandeo |
| Domenico Gennaro |
| Vittorio Taviani | Director |
| Giuliani G. De Negri | Producer |
| Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Paolo Taviani | Director |
| Giuseppe Lanci | Director of Photography |
| Roberto Perpignani | Editor |
| Francesco Bronzi | Production Design |
| Lina Nerli Taviani | Costume Design |
| Alessandro Zanon | Sound |
| Giuseppe Di Biase | Camera Operator |
| Roberto Aristarco | First Assistant Director |
| Barbara Galassi Beria | Unit Manager |
| Claudio Gaeta | Unit Manager |
| Jacqueline Perrier | Script Supervisor |
| Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Luciana Maria Costanzi | Hairstylist |
| Sandro Battaglia | Assistant Camera |
| Giuseppe De Spuches | Second Assistant Director |
| Carlo Bertocchi | Boom Operator |
| Liliana Sotira | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lilli Lombardi | Assistant Editor |
| Marcello Belli | Gaffer |
| Giancarlo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Umberto Montiroli | Still Photographer |
| Roberto Locci | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Paolo Taviani | Screenplay |
| Vittorio Taviani | Screenplay |
| Tonino Guerra | Co-Writer |
| Luigi Pirandello | Novel |
| Nicola Piovani | Conductor |
| Grazia Volpi | Line Producer |
| Luigi Cecchini | Assistant Camera |
