 Claudia CardinaleLibera Valente | Libera Valente |
 Bruno CirinoMatteo Zanoni | Matteo Zanoni |
 Adolfo CeliFelice Valente - Libera's father | Felice Valente - Libera's father |
 Philippe LeroyFranco Testa | Franco Testa |
 Rosalba NeriWanda, wife of Testa | Wanda, wife of Testa |
 Bekim FehmiuSandro Poggi | Sandro Poggi |
 Franco BalducciThe police commissioner | The police commissioner |
 Luigi DibertiCeccarelli, the taxi driver | Ceccarelli, the taxi driver |
 Tullio AltamuraPolitical Internee - afterwards CLN President | Political Internee - afterwards CLN President |
| EEleonora MoranaThe Fascist Teacher | The Fascist Teacher |
 Rosita PisanoMatteo's Sister | Matteo's Sister |
| LLuigi PatriarcaCarlo - Libera's son, as a boy | Carlo - Libera's son, as a boy |
 Marco LucantoniCarlo - Libera's son, as a young man | Carlo - Libera's son, as a young man |
| MM. Vittoria VirgiliAnna - Libera's daughter | Anna - Libera's daughter |
 Elisabetta VirgiliLibera as a young woman / Anna - Libera's daughter, as a young woman | Libera as a young woman / Anna - Libera's daughter, as a young woman |
