Ugo Tognazzi
Role: 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
Role: 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
Role: Luchino (segment "Come un padre")
Marisa Merlini
Role: Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")
Rika Dialina
Role: Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")
Michèle Mercier
Role: The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
Marino Masé
Role: The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
Franco Castellani
Role: Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")
Maria Mannelli
Role: Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")
Mario Laurentino
Role: The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")
Angela Portaluri
Role: Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")
Carlo Kechler
Role: Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
Ugo Attanasio
Role: General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")
Luciana Vincenzi
Role: Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")
Carlo Bagno
Role: Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")
Daniele Vargas
Role: Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")
Françoise Leroy
Role: Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")
Sal Borgese
Role: The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")
Maria Luisa Rispoli
Role: Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")
Riccardo Paladini
Role: Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")
Mario Brega
Role: Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")
Nino Nini
Role: Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")
Ottavio Panunzi
Role: Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")
Lucia Modugno
Role: Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Anna Lina Alberti
Role: Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)
Franco Caracciolo
Role: Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)
Mario Cecchi Gori
Role: Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)
Roberto Chevalier
Role: (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)
Rosemary Dexter
Role: Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)
Thea Fleming
Role: Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)
Mario Frera
Role: The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)
Corrado Gaipa
Role: Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Veriano Ginesi
Role: Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)
Carlo Giuffrè
Role: Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Antonio Guidi
Role: Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Jacques Herlin
Role: Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)
Renato Izzo
Role: Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Antonio La Raina
Role: Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)
Elisa Mainardi
Role: The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
Role: The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)
Quinto Parmeggiani
Role: The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)
Carmen Pericolo
Role: Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)
Carlo Reali
Role: Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)
Jean Rougeul
Role: Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)
Stefano Satta Flores
Role: The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)
Leonardo Severini
Role: Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)
Edoardo Toniolo
Role: (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Yacinto Yaria
Role: Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)
Efi Kamper
Role: Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)