"In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory."
Marcello Mastroianni
as Professor Sinigaglia
Renato Salvatori
as Raoul
Gabriella Giorgelli
as Adele
Folco Lulli
as Pautasso
Bernard Blier
as Martinetti
Raffaella Carrà
as Bianca
François Périer
as Maestro Di Meo
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Baudet
Mario Pisu
as Manager
Kenneth Kove
as Luigi
Annie Girardot
as Niobe
Edda Ferronao
as Maria
Giampiero Albertini
as Porro
Pippo Starnazza
as Bergamasco
Anna Di Silvio
as Gesummina
Elvira Tonelli
as Cesarina
Sara Simoni
as Cenerone's Wife
Roberto Diamanti
as (uncredited)
Bruno Scipioni
Silvio Anselmo
Piero Lulli
Giulio Bosetti
Franco Ciolli
as Omero
Anna Glori
as Signora Cravetto
Enzo Casini
as Antonio
Antonio Casamonica
as Arro
Gino Manganello
as Zio Spartaco
Giuseppe Marchetti
as
Fred Borgognoni
Vera Besusso
Mario Monicelli
Director
Claudio Agostinelli
Unit Manager
Bata Stojanović
Second Assistant Director
Screenplay
Agenore Incrocci
Graziolina Campori
Script Supervisor
Umberto Bonelli
Boom Operator
Umberto Sambuco
Production Secretary
Furio Scarpelli
Vanda Olasio
Assistant Editor
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Assistant Production Design
Fausto Lupi
Production Manager
Luigi Urbini
Conductor
Sandro Rocco
Renzo Marignano
First Assistant Director
Piero Servo
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Di Biase
Fernando Morandi
Story
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Franco Vitale
Still Photographer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Vera Marzot
Assistant Costume Designer
Giorgio Adriani
Adriano Taloni
Sound