Roberto Benigni character Guido Orefice
Nicoletta Braschi character Dora
Giorgio Cantarini character Giosué Orefice
Giustino Durano character Eliseo Orefice
Amerigo Fontani character Rodolfo
Sergio Bini Bustric character Ferruccio
Lidia Alfonsi character Signora Guicciardini
Horst Buchholz character Dottore Lessing
Pietro De Silva character Bartolomeo
Marisa Paredes character Madre di Dora
Giuliana Lojodice character Direttrice
Francesco Guzzo character Vittorino
Adelaide Alaïs character German Auxilliary
Verena Buratti character German Auxilliary
Hannes Hellmann character German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger character German Major at Party
Antonio Prester character Bruno
Gina Rovere character Dora's Maid
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg character German Auxilliary
Richard Sammel character German Lieutenant at Station
Andrea Tidona character Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk K. van den Berg character German Soldier
Omero Antonutti character Narrator (voice) (uncredited)