 | Gian Maria Volonté als Aldo Cervi |
 | Don Backy als Agostino Cervi |
 | Riccardo Cucciolla als Gelindo Cervi |
 | Renzo Montagnani als Ferdinando Cervi |
 | Carla Gravina als Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi |
 | Serge Reggiani als Ferrari, antifascista in carcere |
 | Lisa Gastoni als Lucia Sarzi, attrice antifascista |
 | Oleg Zhakov als Papà Alcide Cervi |
 | Elsa Albani als Genoveffa Cocconi Cervi, la madre |
 | Massimo Foschi als Pasquino Borghi |
 | Andrea Checchi als il dirigente del Pci |
 | Duilio Del Prete als Dante Castellucci, il 'francese' |
 | Gabriella Pallotta als Dante Castellucci, il 'francese' |
 | Marco Mariani als Il gerarca fascista |
| Gino Lavagetto als Antenore Cervi |
| Benjamin Lev als Ettore Cervi |
 | Ruggero Miti als Ovidio Cervi |
 | Rossella Bergamonti als moglie di Antenore Cervi |
| Virginia Darval |
 | Bobby Rhodes |
| Antonio Jaia |
| Alberto Marescalchi |
 | Claudio Trionfi |
 | Bruna Cealti |
| Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Gianni Puccini | Director |
| Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Bruno Baratti | Story |
| Bruno Baratti | Screenplay |
| Gianni Puccini | Story |
| Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Gianni Amelio | First Assistant Director |
| Camillo Fusaro | First Assistant Director |
| Pietro Nofri | Unit Manager |
| Mario Campolunghi | Production Secretary |
| Alberto Marrama | Camera Operator |
| Giuseppe Bernardini | Assistant Camera |
| Romano Giomini | Assistant Editor |
| Pietro Spadoni | Sound |
| Lucia Porfiri | Script Supervisor |
| Roberto Giandalia | Script Supervisor |
| Gaspare Carboni | Makeup Artist |
| Alfredo Tiberi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Giusy Bovino | Hairstylist |
| Vanni Castellani | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Andrea Crisanti | Production Design |
| Amedeo Giomini | Editor |
| Mario Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Adriano Merkel | Production Manager |
| Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
| Umberto Sfasciotti | Line Producer |
| Roberto Moretti | Producer |
