"In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel."
Peppino De Filippo
as Giuseppe 'Peppino' Armentano
Totò
as Il nonno illuminato
Laura Adani
as Maria Armentano, moglie di Peppino
Franca Valeri
as Marisa, 'Siberia'
Vittorio Caprioli
as Pino Calamari
Cristina Gaïoni
as Maria Berta Armentano
Cathia Caro
as Bianca Armentano
Marcello Paolini
as caporale Nicola Armentano
Mario Valdemarin
as Bruciano, il fotografo
Achille Majeroni
as Il nonno istriano
George Ardisson
as
Luigi De Filippo
as Commilitone di Nicola
Franco Balducci
Antoine Nicos
Lola Braccini
as Mistress of Strange House
Enrico Olivieri
Federico Collino
as Il Monsignore
Arrigo Peri
as Signore Mordini
Giusi Raspani Dandolo
as La madre istriana
Leopoldo Valentini
as Signore Bossi
Angelo Zanolli
as Felice il pugile
Nello Appodia
as Uomo all'aeroporto (uncredited)
Adriana Asti
as Vittima (uncredited)
Vera Drudi
as Signora De Santis (uncredited)
Giuliano Gemma
as Pugile (uncredited)
Guido Martufi
as Il postino (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
as Venditore di giacche (uncredited)
Romano Milani
as Un barelliere (uncredited)
Ada Passeri
as Woman in Bar / Vendor (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
as Chicken Vendor (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
as Narratore (uncredited)
Leonardo Severini
as Signor Lubino (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
as Il traslocatore (uncredited)
Mauro Bolognini
Director
Oscar Brazzi
Production Manager
Gastone Carsetti
Set Decoration
Mariano Laurenti
First Assistant Director
Mario Garbuglia
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Manolo Bolognini
Unit Manager
Mario De Majo
Theatre Play
Vinicio Gioli
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Carlo Carlini
Director of Photography
Production Design
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Leonardo Benvenuti
Oscar De Arcangelis
Sound
Oscar Di Santo
Orietta Nasalli Rocca
Franco Palombi
Makeup Artist
Luigi Filippo Carta
Camera Operator