"In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself."
Alberto Sordi
as Onofrio Del Grillo
Paolo Stoppa
as Papa Pio VII
Caroline Berg
as Olimpia
Riccardo Billi
as Aronne Piperno
Flavio Bucci
as Don Bastiano
Camillo Milli
as Segretario del Papa
Cochi Ponzoni
as Conte Rambaldo
Marc Porel
as Capitano Blanchard
Pietro Tordi
as Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
Leopoldo Trieste
as Padre Sabino
Giorgio Gobbi
as Ricciotto
Isabelle Linnartz
as Genuflessa
Tommaso Bianco
as Amministratore
Marina Confalone
as Camilla
Elena Fiore
as Anita
Elena Daskowa Valenzano
as Marchesa del Grillo
Andrea Bevilacqua
as Polpeo
Angela Campanella
as Faustina
Isabella De Bernardi
as Figlia di Gasperino
Gianni Di Pinto
as Maruccio
Ettore Geri
as High priest who presides over the execution
Ivan De Paola
as
Nicola Di Marzio
Jacques Herlin
as Rabet
Salvatore Iacono
as Bargello
Elisa Mainardi
as Moglie di Gasperino
Renzo Rinaldi
Salvatore Biondo
as Monk (uncredited)
Sal Borgese
as giocatore di carte
Mimmo Poli
as Oste
Arnaldo Caivano
as Cardinal (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
as Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
Salvatore Francofonte
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Mario Monicelli
Director
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Luciano De Feo
Producer
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Marco Tamburella
Executive Producer
Franco Casati
Production Manager
Marc Maurette
Giuseppe Auriemma
Bruna Parmesan
Co-Costume Designer
Massimo Tavazzi
Set Decoration
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Tullio Pinelli
Maarten de Wit
Production Secretary
Sergio Bologna
Administration
Nestore Baratella
Sandro Tamborra
Camera Operator
Enrico Maggi
Assistant Camera
Vasco Benucci
Marco Profeta
Raoul Settimelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Francesco Frigeri
Assistant Production Design
Giuseppe Pirrotta
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Giacomo Campiotti
Second Assistant Director
Gasperina Marani
Assistant Editor
Cecilia Catalucci
Franco Rufini
Makeup Artist
Otello Sisi
Giancarlo De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Corrado Cristofori
Franco Borni
Sound
Decio Trani
Boom Operator
Sergio Serantoni
Key Grip
Eugenio Raimondi
Gaffer
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Claudio Valerio
Valentino Signoretti
Unit Manager
Bruno Ricci
Bernardino Zapponi
Story
Renzo Rossellini
Sergio D'Offizi
Director of Photography
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Giuseppe Bernardini
Enrico Appetito
Still Photographer
Benito Leonardi
Special Effects Technician
Renato Marinelli
Foley Artist
Enzo Diliberto
Amanzio Todini
First Assistant Director
Rosanna Landi