Giancarlo Giannini
Guzmán de Alfarache

Enrico Montesano
Lazarillo de Tormes

Vittorio Gassman
Marquis Felipe de Aragona

Nino Manfredi
The blind wanderer

Giuliana De Sio
Rosario, the prostitute

Bernard Blier
The exploiter of prostitutes

Paolo Hendel
The tutor

Vittorio Caprioli
mozzafiato

Enzo Robutti
The captain of the ship

Blanca Marsillach
Ponzia

María Casanova
The pregnant woman

Juan Carlos Naya
The pottery seller

Claudio Bisio
The leader of the mutineers

Sal Borgese
The boatswain

Enio Drovandi
The friar on the gallows

Sabrina Ferilli
A young prostitute, daughter of the exploiter

Adriano Chiaramida

Germán Cobos
Theatrical impresario

Nicoletta Della Corte

Jesús Guzmán
The jeweler

Cris Huerta
The blacksmith

Sabrina Knaflitz

Patrizia La Fonte
Marquise

Eduardo MacGregor

Lino Salemme

Enrique Escudero

Blaki

Luis Barboo
(uncredited)

Giovanni Cianfriglia
(uncredited)

Alfonso del Real
The Executioner (uncredited)

Aldo Sambrell
The Fencer (uncredited)