Riven

Silvana Mangano

as Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Sophia Loren

as Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)

Eduardo De Filippo

as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

Paolo Stoppa

as Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)

Erno Crisa

as Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")

Totò

as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Lianella Carell

as Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Giacomo Furia

as Rosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit)

Tina Pica

as Old woman (segment "Il professore")

Alberto Farnese

as Alfredo, Sofia's lover (segment Pizza on a Credit)

Tecla Scarano

as Don Peppino's friend (segment Pizza on a Credit)

Pasquale Cennamo

as Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")

Agostino Salvietti

as Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")

Pasquale Tartaro

as Cafiero (segment Pizza on Credit)

Teresa De Vita

as La madre (segment "Funeralino")

Vittorio De Sica

as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")

Pierino Bilancioni

as Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")

Lars Borgström

as Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")

Mario Passante

as Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori")

Ubaldo Maestri

as Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa")

Nino Imparato

as Gennaro (segment "Il professore")

Gianni Crosio

as Alfonso Maria di Sant'Agata dei Fornai (segment "Il professore")

Roberto De Simone

as Umberto Scognamiglio (segment Pizza on Credit) (uncredited)

Rosetta Dei

as (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)

Irene Montaldo

as La contessa B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited)

Gigi Reder

as Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)

Nino Vingelli

as Guappo (segment "Il guappo") (uncredited)

Vittorio De Sica

Director

Roberto Moretti

Unit Manager

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Vittorio De Sica

Screenplay

Giuseppe Marotta

Screenplay

Giuseppe Marotta

Novel

Elmo De Sica

Production Secretary

Mario Abussi

Production Secretary

Giuseppe Barbaro

Administration

Luisa Alessandri

First Assistant Director

Franco Montemurro

First Assistant Director

Aldo Calpini

Sound

Biagio Fiorelli

Sound

Bruno Moreal

Sound

Goffredo Bellisario

Camera Operator

Marcella Benvenuti

Assistant Editor

Franca Carotenuto

Script Supervisor

Marcello Girosi

Executive Producer

Dino De Laurentiis

Producer

Carlo Ponti

Producer

Alessandro Cicognini

Original Music Composer

Carlo Montuori

Director of Photography

Eraldo Da Roma

Editor

Gastone Medin

Production Design

Ferdinando Ruffo

Set Decoration

Pia Marchesi

Costume Design

Nino Misiano

Production Manager