Silvana Mangano

Teresa

Yves Montand

Ricuccio

Pedro Armendáriz

Giovanni - il Luparo

Irene Cefaro

Bianca

Giulio Calì

Nazzareno

Euro Teodori

Amerigo

Giovanni Matta

Pasqualino - il figlio di Teresa e Giovanni

Guido Celano

Don Pietro

María Luisa Rolando

Maria Zanoli

Giuseppe De Santis

director, writer

Tonino Guerra

writer

Ivo Perilli

writer

Elio Petri

writer

Giovanni Addessi

producer

Mario Nascimbene

composer

Piero Portalupi

cinematographer

Gabriele Varriale

editor

Ottavio Scotti

production designer