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")
Franco Castellani
Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")
Maria Mannelli
Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")
Mario Laurentino
The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")
Angela Portaluri
Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")
Carlo Kechler
Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
Ugo Attanasio
General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
Luciana Vincenzi
Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")
Carlo Bagno
Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")
Daniele Vargas
Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")
Françoise Leroy
Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")
Sal Borgese
The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")
Maria Luisa Rispoli
Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")
Riccardo Paladini
Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")
Mario Brega
Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")
Nino Nini
Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")
Ottavio Panunzi
Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")
Lucia Modugno
Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Anna Lina Alberti
Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)
Franco Caracciolo
Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)
Mario Cecchi Gori
Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)
Roberto Chevalier
(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)
Rosemary Dexter
Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)
Thea Fleming
Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (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)
Veriano Ginesi
Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (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)
Carmen Pericolo
Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)
Carlo Reali
Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)
Jean Rougeul
Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)
Stefano Satta Flores
The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)
Leonardo Severini
Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)
Edoardo Toniolo
(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Yacinto Yaria
Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)
Efi Kamper
Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)
