Ugo Tognazzi

as The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lando Buzzanca

as Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

as Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

as Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

as The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Franco Castellani

as Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Maria Mannelli

as Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Mario Laurentino

as The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri

as Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Kechler

as Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio

as General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Luciana Vincenzi

as Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Carlo Bagno

as Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Françoise Leroy

as Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Sal Borgese

as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

as Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Riccardo Paladini

as Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Mario Brega

as Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

as Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

as Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Anna Lina Alberti

as Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

as Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori

as Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

as (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

as Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

as Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

as The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

as Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

as Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi

as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

as Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Renato Izzo

as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

as The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

as The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

as The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo

as Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

as Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul

as Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini

as Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

as (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria

as Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

as Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)