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