
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.
Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Professor Sinigaglia

Renato Salvatori
Raoul

Gabriella Giorgelli
Adele

Folco Lulli
Pautasso

Bernard Blier
Martinetti

Raffaella Carrà
Bianca

François Périer
Maestro Di Meo

Vittorio Sanipoli
Baudet

Mario Pisu
Manager

Kenneth Kove
Luigi

Annie Girardot
Niobe

Edda Ferronao
Maria

Giampiero Albertini
Porro

Pippo Starnazza
Bergamasco
Anna Di Silvio
Gesummina

Elvira Tonelli
Cesarina
Sara Simoni
Cenerone's Wife
Roberto Diamanti
(uncredited)

Bruno Scipioni
(uncredited)

Silvio Anselmo
(uncredited)

Piero Lulli
(uncredited)

Giulio Bosetti
(uncredited)
Franco Ciolli
Omero
Anna Glori
Signora Cravetto
Enzo Casini
Antonio
Antonio Casamonica
Arro
Gino Manganello
Zio Spartaco
Giuseppe Marchetti
Unknown
Fred Borgognoni
Unknown

Vera Besusso
Unknown
Crew

Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenplay, Story

Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay, Story

Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay, Story

Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Vanda Olasio
Assistant Editor

Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography

Renzo Marignano
First Assistant Director
Bata Stojanović
Second Assistant Director
Fernando Morandi
Second Assistant Director

Franco Cristaldi
Producer

Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Di Biase
Assistant Camera
Piero Servo
Assistant Camera
Vera Marzot
Assistant Costume Designer

Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Adriano Taloni
Sound
Umberto Bonelli
Boom Operator

Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Franco Vitale
Still Photographer
Graziolina Campori
Script Supervisor
Sandro Rocco
Script Supervisor
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Assistant Production Design
Fausto Lupi
Production Manager
Giorgio Adriani
Production Manager

Claudio Agostinelli
Unit Manager
Luigi Urbini
Conductor
Umberto Sambuco
Production Secretary



















