Sofia

Sophia Loren

Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Silvana Mangano

Don Saverio Petrillo

Totò

Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

Eduardo De Filippo

Rosario, Sofia's Husband

Giacomo Furia

Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)

Paolo Stoppa

Count Prospero B.

Vittorio De Sica

Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Lianella Carell

Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")

Erno Crisa

The Racketeer

Pasquale Cennamo

Giovanni

Mario Passante

The Lover

Alberto Farnese

Old woman (segment "Il professore")

Tina Pica

Countess B.

Irene Montalto

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

Tecla Scarano

The Boy

Piero Bilancioni

His Father, the Porter

Enrico Borgstrom

Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")

Agostino Salvietti

Cafiero (segment Pizza on Credit)

Pasquale Tartaro

The Intermediary

Ubaldo Maestri

La madre (segment "Funeralino")

Teresa De Vita

Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")

Pierino Bilancioni

Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")

Lars Borgström

Gennaro (segment "Il professore")

Nino Imparato

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

Gianni Crosio

Umberto Scognamiglio (segment Pizza on Credit) (uncredited)

Roberto De Simone

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

Gigi Reder

Guappo (segment "Il guappo") (uncredited)

Nino Vingelli