"A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return."
Maria Schell
as Natalia
Marcello Mastroianni
as Mario
Jean Marais
as L'Inquilino
Marcella Rovena
as La Padrona della Pensione
Maria Zanoli
as La Domestica
Elena Fancera
as La Cassiera
Lanfranco Ceccarelli
as Un Coinvolto nella Rissa
Angelo Galassi
Renato Terra
Corrado Pani
as Un Giovinastro
Dirk Sanders
as Il Ballerino
Clara Calamai
as La Prostituta
Giorgio Albertazzi
as L'Inquilino / Narratore (uncredited)
Lys Assia
as La Cantante (uncredited)
Romano Barbieri
as Il Figlio della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Alberto Carloni
as Il Locandiere (uncredited)
Dino D'Aquilio
as Un Ragazzino (uncredited)
Enzo Doria
as Il Marinaio Che Balla (uncredited)
Anna Filippini
as La Figlia della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Carla Foscari
as (uncredited)
Biagio Gambini
as Dancer (uncredited)
Ferdinando Gerra
as Il Padre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Giorgio Listuzzi
as La Guardia di Finanza (uncredited)
Leonilde Montesi
as La Madre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Sandro Moretti
as Un Giovinastro (uncredited)
Mimmo Palmara
as L'Uomo Che Gioca a Carte con la Prostituta (uncredited)
Winni Riva
Sandra Verani
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Luchino Visconti
Director
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Story
Guglielmo Colonna
Production Supervisor
Gabriele Palmieri
Script Supervisor
Mario Garbuglia
Assistant Production Design
Eva Latini
Assistant Editor
Renato Jaboni
Production Secretary
Screenplay
Lucio Orlandini
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Pietro Notarianni
Production Manager
Mario Chiari
Production Design
Enzo Eusepi
Set Decoration
Silvano Ippoliti
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Oscar Di Santo
Sound
Ruggero Mastroianni
Vittorio Trentino
Vanda Tuzzi
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Renata Magnanti
Hairstylist
Giuseppe Maggi
Nando Cicero
Assistant Director
Mario Maggi
Italo Tomassi
Art Department Manager
Albino Cocco
Jean-Paul Guibert
Choreographer
Rinaldo Ricci
