"In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory."
Marcello Mastroianni
as Professor Sinigaglia
Renato Salvatori
as Raoul
Gabriella Giorgelli
as Adele
Folco Lulli
as Pautasso
Bernard Blier
as Martinetti
Raffaella Carrà
as Bianca
François Périer
as Maestro Di Meo
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Baudet
Mario Pisu
as Manager
Kenneth Kove
as Luigi
Annie Girardot
as Niobe
Edda Ferronao
as Maria
Giampiero Albertini
as Porro
Pippo Starnazza
as Bergamasco
Anna Di Silvio
as Gesummina
Elvira Tonelli
as Cesarina
Sara Simoni
as Cenerone's Wife
Roberto Diamanti
as (uncredited)
Bruno Scipioni
Silvio Anselmo
Piero Lulli
Giulio Bosetti
Franco Ciolli
as Omero
Anna Glori
as Signora Cravetto
Enzo Casini
as Antonio
Antonio Casamonica
as Arro
Gino Manganello
as Zio Spartaco
Giuseppe Marchetti
as
Fred Borgognoni
Vera Besusso
Mario Monicelli
Director
Claudio Agostinelli
Unit Manager
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Luigi Urbini
Conductor
Fausto Lupi
Production Manager
Bata Stojanović
Second Assistant Director
Graziolina Campori
Script Supervisor
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Assistant Production Design
Vanda Olasio
Assistant Editor
Umberto Bonelli
Boom Operator
Umberto Sambuco
Production Secretary
Sandro Rocco
Piero Servo
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Di Biase
Renzo Marignano
First Assistant Director
Fernando Morandi
Story
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Giorgio Adriani
Adriano Taloni
Sound
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Franco Vitale
Still Photographer
Vera Marzot
Assistant Costume Designer