Michele as an adolescent (as Maurilio Sanfratello)
Alessandro Di Carlo
Alberto Sordi
Leonardo Bellanca
Student representative
Santo Di Stefano
Federation comrade
Francesco Foti
PCI regional director
Rosario Gagliano
Briscola player 1
Giuseppe Campagna
Briscola player 2
Tommaso Caporrimo
Strange guy
Alessio Piazza
Typographer
Alessandro Agnello
Carabineer
Fabrizio Pizzuto
Food supply official
Maria Gagliano
Angela's teacher
Filippa Greco
Catechism teacher
Zaira Rumeo
Rita
Giacinto Albanese
Pietro
Alberto Mangiante
Lattuada's assistant
Alessio Baffa Scinelli
Young photographer
Giovanni Corvaia
Filippo
Ludovico Caldarera
L'Ora reporter
Vincenzo Bonanno
Janitor
Marcello Villa
Labourer 1
Salvatore Rancatore
Labourer 2
Giuseppe Cici
Labourer 3
Enrico Roccaforte
Labourer 4
Turi D'Anca
Provocateur
Raffaele Gangale
Militia leader
Lucia Marfia
Blind woman
Roberto Adelfio
Attanasio
Gaetano Martino
Silent film projectionist
Giorgio Provenzano
Coachman
Casimiro Di Salvo
Crippled man
Doriana La Fauci
Sarina's neighbour
Simona Malato
Cicco's neighbour 1
Ivonne Mineo
Cicco's neighbour 2
Rosaria Badalamenti
Rosa's shop customer 1
Rosaria Filippone
Rosa's shop customer 2
Franco Galletto
Ex-evacuee
Maria Di Cristina
Ex-evacuee's wife
Vincenzo Garufi
Fifetto
Carmelo Cannavò
Strongman
Giuseppe Fazio
Ice cream man
Luciano Federico
Municipal guard
Giuseppe Massa
Crook 1
Roberto Bonura
Crook 2
Rosanna Giacalone
Dance teacher
Bernardo Salvatore Seragusa
Butcher
Giovanni Ruvolo
Doctor
Giovanni Pagano
Bricklayer
Pietro Maligno
Sweets seller
Carmela Gentile
Landlady (as Carmelinda Gentile)
Antonino Lo Piparo
Landlord / Cinema audience member 2
Salvatore Martorana
Fisherman
Antonio Ribisi La Spina
Polling station president 1
Michele D'Amato
Polling station president 2
Antonino Giordano
Prince
Manuela Spartà
Olive grove girl
Vincenzo Rossi
DC party list representative
Maria Teresa De Sanctis
Sacristan
Salvatore Provino
Cinema audience member 1
Luca Campagna
Gang member 1
Davide Gallina
Gang member 2
Gabriele Giuseppe Terranova
Gang member 3
Sergio Vespertino
DC man
Nadia La Malfa
Lattuada's script supervisor
Dustin Fowler
American soldier (as Dustin Lee Flower)
Tiziana Lodato
Invitee
Beata Ben Ammar
Primadonna
Gabriele Lavia
Teacher
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Trivia
The scene of the cow killed in the movie was real. It is implied that Tornatore shot the movie in Tunisia to avoid the Italian laws on the matter of animal abuse. In fact, in Tunisia it is not forbidden to kill animals in movies.