Ugo Tognazzi

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

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

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

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

Marino Masé

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

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Sal Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Franco Caracciolo

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

Rosemary Dexter

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

Mario Frera

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

Corrado Gaipa

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

Carlo Giuffrè

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

Antonio Guidi

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

Jacques Herlin

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

Renato Izzo

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

Antonio La Raina

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

Elisa Mainardi

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

Pat O'Hara

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

Quinto Parmeggiani

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

Stefano Satta Flores

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

Leonardo Severini

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

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