"Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees."
Martin Halm
as Ernesto
Michele Placido
as The man
Virna Lisi
as Ernesto's Mother
Turi Ferro
as Carlo Wilder
Lara Wendel
as Ilio / Rachele
Gisela Hahn
as Signora Luzzato, Mother of Ilio and Rachele
Stefano Madia
as Ernesto's friend Andrea
Francisco Marsó
as Uncle Giovanni
Miranda Nocelli
as Prostitute Sandra
Concha Velasco
as Aunt Regina
Renato Salvatori
as Cesco
Marco Guadagno
as Ilio (voice) (uncredited)
Enrique San Francisco
as (uncredited)
Enrique Vivó
Salvatore Samperi
Director
Producer
Marco Tamburella
Umberto Saba
Novel
Barbara Alberti
Writer
Amedeo Pagani
José Luis Martínez Mollá
Co-Writer
Peter Berling
José Frade
Carmelo Bernaola
Music
Camillo Bazzoni
Director of Photography
Sergio Montanari
Editor
Ezio Altieri
Production Design
Antonio Cortés
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Christiana Lafayette
Goffredo Calisse
Assistant Makeup Artist
Giuliano Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Elda Magnanti
Hairstylist
Ugo Persichetti Auteri
Production Manager
Marcello Crescenzi
Assistant Production Manager
Giulio Dini
Production Supervisor
Giorgio Basile
First Assistant Director
Luisa Gamba
Second Assistant Director
Inga Seyric
Assistant Director
Vincenzo Dazzi
Assistant Art Director
Maurizio Merli
Boom Operator
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Giorgio Pallotta
Sound
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Domizio Ercolani
Gaffer
Maurizio Micalizzi
Key Grip
Stefano Ricciotti
Assistant Camera
Angelo Samperi
Still Photographer
Giorgio Urbinelli
Bertilla Silvestrin
Tailor
Fernanda Zuccherofino
Roberto Gianandrea
Assistant Editor
Carlo La Bella
Color Timer
Roberto Puglisi
Conductor
Eleonora Pallottini
Script Supervisor