"A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy."
Totò
as Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
Ninetto Davoli
as Ninetto Innocenti / Frate Ninetto
Femi Benussi
as Luna
Umberto Bevilacqua
as Incensurato
Renato Capogna
as Mascalzone
Alfredo Leggi
Renato Montalbano
as San Francesco
Flaminia Siciliano
Lena Lin Solaro
as Urganda
Giovanni Tarallo
as Il Contadino Affamato
Vittorio Vittori
as Ciro Lococo
Nello Appodia
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gabriele Baldini
as Dante's Dentist (uncredited)
Lina D'Amico
as (uncredited)
Pietro Davoli
as Mascalzone (uncredited)
Rossana Di Rocco
as Ninetto's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Cesare Gelli
Vittorio La Paglia
Francesco Leonetti
as Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Domenico Modugno
as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
Rosina Moroni
as Poor Cottage Owner (uncredited)
Mario Pennisi
Ricardo Redi
as Mansion Owner (uncredited)
Fides Stagni
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Emilio Rosa
Sound Mixer
Pietro Ortolani
Sound
Antonio Orlandini
Assistant Camera
Gaetano Valle
Camera Operator
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Enzo Ocone
Production Secretary
Gilberto Scarpellini
Production Supervisor
Franco Di Giacomo
Piero Cicoletti
Assistant Costume Designer
Rossana Maiuri
Assistant Editor
Mariano Sargenti
Key Grip
Armando Bondani
Boom Operator
Sergio Rubini
Carlo Morandi
Assistant Director
Fernando Franchi
Production Manager
Vincenzo Cerami
Francesco Barilli
Assistant Director Trainee
Italo Cameracanna
Foley Artist
Marcello Cardarelli
Electrician
Pino Serpe
Animal Wrangler
Alberto Ridolfi
Sound Effects Editor
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Alfredo Bini
Producer
Nino Baragli
Editor
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Mario Bernardo
Director of Photography
Vittorio Biseo
Makeup Artist
Tonino Delli Colli
Adriana Cassini
Hairstylist
Screenplay
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Story
Script Supervisor
Divo Cavicchioli
Still Photographer
Dante Ferretti
Assistant Production Design