Giancarlo Giannini
Role: Guzmán de Alfarache
Enrico Montesano
Role: Lazarillo de Tormes
Vittorio Gassman
Role: Marquis Felipe de Aragona
Nino Manfredi
Role: The blind wanderer
Giuliana De Sio
Role: Rosario, the prostitute
Bernard Blier
Role: The exploiter of prostitutes
Paolo Hendel
Role: The tutor
Vittorio Caprioli
Role: mozzafiato
Enzo Robutti
Role: The captain of the ship
Blanca Marsillach
Role: Ponzia
María Casanova
Role: The pregnant woman
Juan Carlos Naya
Role: The pottery seller
Claudio Bisio
Role: The leader of the mutineers
Sal Borgese
Role: The boatswain
Enio Drovandi
Role: The friar on the gallows
Sabrina Ferilli
Role: A young prostitute, daughter of the exploiter
Germán Cobos
Role: Theatrical impresario
Nicoletta Della Corte
Role:
Jesús Guzmán
Role: The jeweler
Cris Huerta
Role: The blacksmith
Patrizia La Fonte
Role: Marquise
Donatella Ceccarello
Role:
Luisa Armenteros
Role: Donna petita (uncredited)
Luis Barboo
Role: (uncredited)
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Role: (uncredited)
Sixto Cid
Role: Guzman's father (uncredited)
Alfonso del Real
Role: The Executioner (uncredited)
Aldo Sambrell
Role: The Fencer (uncredited)