Anna Magnani character Lidia
Amedeo Nazzari character Ernesto
Carla Del Poggio character Maria
Carlo Campanini character Carlo
Eliana Banducci character Rosetta
Mino Doro character Mirko
Folco Lulli character Andrea
Mario Perrone character The hunchback
Amato Garbini character The tenant
Gianni Appelius character Signorina
Ruggero Madrigali character The black man
Thea Aimaretti character Tecla, the mistress
Alessandro Tedeschi character Stefano Albertini (uncredited)