"Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees."
Martin Halm
as Ernesto
Michele Placido
as The man
Virna Lisi
as Ernesto's Mother
Turi Ferro
as Carlo Wilder
Lara Wendel
as Ilio / Rachele
Gisela Hahn
as Signora Luzzato, Mother of Ilio and Rachele
Stefano Madia
as Ernesto's friend Andrea
Francisco Marsó
as Uncle Giovanni
Miranda Nocelli
as Prostitute Sandra
Concha Velasco
as Aunt Regina
Renato Salvatori
as Cesco
Marco Guadagno
as Ilio (voice) (uncredited)
Enrique San Francisco
as (uncredited)
Enrique Vivó
Marco Tamburella
Producer
Salvatore Samperi
Director
Umberto Saba
Novel
Amedeo Pagani
Writer
José Frade
Peter Berling
Co-Writer
Carmelo Bernaola
Music
Barbara Alberti
José Luis Martínez Mollá
Camillo Bazzoni
Director of Photography
Sergio Montanari
Editor
Giuliano Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Christiana Lafayette
Costume Design
Marcello Crescenzi
Assistant Production Manager
Carlo La Bella
Color Timer
Eleonora Pallottini
Script Supervisor
Giorgio Basile
First Assistant Director
Ezio Altieri
Production Design
Fernanda Zuccherofino
Tailor
Goffredo Calisse
Assistant Makeup Artist
Elda Magnanti
Hairstylist
Ugo Persichetti Auteri
Production Manager
Angelo Samperi
Still Photographer
Antonio Cortés
Set Decoration
Vincenzo Dazzi
Assistant Art Director
Giorgio Urbinelli
Assistant Camera
Stefano Ricciotti
Roberto Puglisi
Assistant Editor
Maurizio Merli
Boom Operator
Giorgio Pallotta
Sound
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Domizio Ercolani
Gaffer
Maurizio Micalizzi
Key Grip
Luisa Gamba
Second Assistant Director
Inga Seyric
Assistant Director
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Conductor
Giulio Dini
Production Supervisor
Roberto Gianandrea
Bertilla Silvestrin