"Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian."
Marcello Mastroianni
as Romano
Marthe Keller
as Tina, Romano's Mistress
Silvana Mangano
as Elisa
Isabella Rossellini
as Claudia
Vsevolod Larionov
as Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
Elena Safonova
as Anna Sergeyevna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
Oleg Tabakov
as Sua Grazia
Yuri Bogatyryov
as Il Maresciallo
Pina Cei
as Elisa's Mother
Roberto Herlitzka
as attorney
Paolo Baroni
as Manilo
Dmitriy Zolotukhin
as Konstantin
Nino Bignamini
as
Maria Grazia Bon
Elguja Burduli
Pierluigi Cervetti
Francesco De Rosa
Aleksandr Filippenko
Isa Gallinelli
Pavel Kadochnikov
Larisa Kuznetsova
Avangard Leontyev
Evelina Meghnagi
Renzo Marignano
Loredana Martínez
Maria Grazia Nazzari
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Ivana Rumor
Lyubov Rudneva
Carola Stagnaro
Max Turilli
Francesca Ventura
Galina Bokashevskaya
Alexander Adabashyan
Nikolay Vashchilin
Natalya Khorokhorina
as (uncredited)
Svetlana Kireeva
Nikita Mikhalkov
Director
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writer
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Production Design
Giovanna Romagnoli
Producer
Enzo Meniconi
Editor
Mario Garbuglia
Carlo Cucchi
Producer's Assistant
Story
Anna Maria Cerrato
Co-Executive Producer
Carlo Gervasi
Set Decoration
Lamberto Marini
Key Makeup Artist
Francis Lai
Original Music Composer
Teodora Bruno
Hairstylist
Irina Morozova
Makeup Artist
Gilbert Marouani
Associate Producer
Delegated Producer
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Carlo Diappi
Costume Design
Rino Di Gaetano
Maria Vittoria Cascioli
Key Hair Stylist
Franco Corridoni
Screenplay
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
