"Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice."
Massimo Troisi
as Mario Ruoppolo
Philippe Noiret
as Pablo Neruda
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
as Beatrice Russo
Renato Scarpa
as Telegrapher
Linda Moretti
as Donna Rosa
Mariano Rigillo
as Di Cosimo
Anna Bonaiuto
as Matilde
Sergio Solli
as Peasant
Carlo Di Maio
as Priest
Nando Neri
as
Vincenzo Di Sauro
Orazio Stracuzzi
Alfredo Cozzolino
as Di Cosimo's Associate
Simona Caparrini
as Elsa Morante (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
as Bookseller (uncredited)
Assunta Stacconi
as Old Woman in Church (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Radford
Director
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Gaetano Daniele
Producer
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Antonio Skármeta
Novel
Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Luis Bacalov
Original Music Composer
Vincenzo Testa
Production Manager
Alberto Passone
Executive Producer
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Gerardo Ferrara
Stunt Double
Giacomo Scarpelli
Story
Gaia Gorrini
First Assistant Director
Co-Director
Raffaele Veneruso
Unit Manager
Simone Marazzi
Key Makeup Artist
Laura Casalini
Assistant Production Design
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Supervisor
Rolando Marcheggiani
Electrician
Furio Scarpelli
Massimo Loffredi
Sound
Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Department Head
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Ernesto Natoli
Assistant Camera
Lidia Pascolini
Assistant Editor
Ezio Marcorin
Sound Editor
Augusto Penna
Sound Effects
Valerio Garzia
Giancarlo Bachetti
Alfredo Marazzi
Saverio Lancia
Angelo Raguseo
Sound Mixer
Tullio Arcangeli
Daniele Masini
Alberto Altibrandi
Piero Bosi
Grip
Léone Noël
Elio Bosi
Elide Cortesi
Script Supervisor
Rita Triunveri
Roberto Sterbini
Stefano Veneruso
Second Assistant Director
Ettore Mancini
Boom Operator
Paolo Amici
Giulio D'Angeli
Screenplay