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