Claudia Cardinale

Character: Libera Valente

Bruno Cirino

Character: Matteo Zanoni

Adolfo Celi

Character: Felice Valente - Libera's father

Philippe Leroy

Character: Franco Testa

Rosalba Neri

Character: Wanda, wife of Testa

Bekim Fehmiu

Character: Sandro Poggi

Franco Balducci

Character: The police commissioner

Luigi Diberti

Character: Ceccarelli, the taxi driver

Tullio Altamura

Character: Political Internee - afterwards CLN President

Eleonora Morana

Character: The Fascist Teacher

Rosita Pisano

Character: Matteo's Sister

Luigi Patriarca

Character: Carlo - Libera's son, as a boy

Marco Lucantoni

Character: Carlo - Libera's son, as a young man

M. Vittoria Virgili

Character: Anna - Libera's daughter

Elisabetta Virgili

Character: Libera as a young woman / Anna - Libera's daughter, as a young woman