"A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after the miller's wife Carmela. The miller himself plans to avenge his honor by seducing the wife of the governor."
Vittorio De Sica
as Don Teofilo - governatore
Sophia Loren
as Carmela
Marcello Mastroianni
as Luca - suo marito
Paolo Stoppa
as Gardunia
Yvonne Sanson
as Donna Dolores
Mario Passante
as Capitano dei gendarmi
Carlo Sposito
as
Virgilio Riento
Elsa Vazzoler
Angela Lavagna
Amalia Pellegrini
Silvio Bagolini
Michele Riccardini
Emilio Petacci
Pietro Tordi
Nino Marchesini
Mario Camerini
Director
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Screenplay
Ennio De Concini
Otto Pellegrini
First Assistant Director
Isa Bartalini
Second Assistant Director
Ines Bruschi
Script Supervisor
Anna Davini
Unit Manager
Lucio Bompani
Production Secretary
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Dario Cecchi
Costume Design
Maria Baroni
Antonio Belviso
Camera Operator
Mario Morigi
Sound
Giorgio Hermann
Set Decoration
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Maria Angelini
Hairstylist
Aldo Casalengo
Gaffer
Francesco Solitario
Key Grip
Gisa Radicchi Levi
Editor
Enzo Serafin
Director of Photography
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Bordogni
Production Manager
Augusto Camerini
Sandro Continenza
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Novel