 | Silvana Mangano als Teresa |
 | Yves Montand als Ricuccio |
 | Pedro Armendáriz als Giovanni |
 | Irene Cefaro als Bianca |
 | Giulio Calì als Nazzareno |
| Euro Teodori als Amerigo |
| Giovanni Matta als Pasqualino - il figlio di Teresa e Giovanni |
 | Guido Celano als Don Pietro |
| Giuseppe De Santis | Director |
| Mario Nascimbene | Original Music Composer |
| Giovanni Addessi | Producer |
| Gabriele Varriale | Editor |
| Giovanni Checci | Set Decoration |
| Alfredo De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Piero Portalupi | Director of Photography |
| Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Ottavio Scotti | Production Design |
| Guido Nardone | Sound |
| Maria Angelini | Hairstylist |
| Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Tonino Guerra | Story |
| Elio Petri | Story |
| Elio Petri | Screenplay |
| Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
| Giuseppe De Santis | Story |
| Tonino Guerra | Screenplay |
| Ugo Pirro | Screenplay |
| Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Ivo Perilli | Co-Writer |
| Tonino Guerra | First Assistant Director |
| Franco Giraldi | Script Supervisor |
| Giorgio Melodia | Production Supervisor |
| Ugo Tucci | Production Secretary |
| Idelmo Simonelli | Camera Operator |
| Pasqualino De Santis | Assistant Camera |
| Leopoldo Savona | Co-Director |
| Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
