 | Max von Sydow als Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski |
 | Eleonora Giorgi als Zina |
 | Mario Adorf als Bormenthàl |
 | Gina Rovere als Dar'ja |
 | Cochi Ponzoni als Poligràph Poligràphovic |
 | Vadim Glowna als Schwonder |
 | Rena Niehaus als Zoja |
 | Enzo Robutti als Il commissario |
 | Violetta Chiarini als Vjazemskaja |
 | Amerigo Tot als Il portiere |
 | Adolfo Lastretti als giudice |
| Vlado Stegar |
 | Ilona Staller als Natasa |
| Giuliano Petrelli als Sarovkjam |
 | Jean-Claude Vernè |
| Pietro Tordi |
 | Augusta Di Vincenzi als Circus spectator (uncredited) |
| Howard Nelson Rubien |
| Maria Pia Attanasio |
 | Gennaro Ombra |
 | Franco Mazzieri |
 | Neil Hansen |
 | Attilio Dottesio |
 | Alessandro Tedeschi |
| Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Alberto Lattuada | Director |
| Mikhail Bulgakov | Novel |
| Alberto Lattuada | Screenplay |
| Viveca Melander | Screenplay |
| Sergio Montanari | Editor |
| Vincenzo Del Prato | Production Design |
| Marisa D'Andrea | Costume Design |
| Maria Luisa Garbini | Hairstylist |
| Mario Gallo | Producer |
| Alberto Lattuada | Producer |
| Mario Gallo | Screenplay |
| Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Maurizio Rotundi | First Assistant Director |
| Lamberto Caimi | Director of Photography |
| Roberto Seveso | Camera Operator |
| Massimo Razzi | Assistant Production Design |
| Bianca Lattuada | Line Producer |
| Enzo Giulioli | Line Producer |
| Adriano Di Lorenzo | Unit Manager |
| Claudio Cuomo | Unit Manager |
| Bruno Ricci | Production Secretary |
| Valentino Signoretti | Production Secretary |
| Alfonso Farano | Administration |
| Enzo Tosi | Camera Operator |
| Carlo Poletti | Assistant Camera |
| Luigi Cecchini | Assistant Camera |
| Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Gilda Atella | Script Supervisor |
| Nadia Bonifazi | Assistant Editor |
| Vanda Olasio | Assistant Editor |
| Sandro Broglio | Assistant Editor |
| Francesca Saitto | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Remo Ugolinelli | Sound |
| Antonio Casolini | Boom Operator |
| Maurizio Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Alvaro Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Lamberta Baldacci | Seamstress |
| Ennio Di Stefano | Gaffer |
| Giuseppe Gabrielli | Key Grip |
| Raffaele Vincenti | Property Master |
