"These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic."
Totò
as Totò Esposito
Paolo Stoppa
as Il caporale
Fiorella Mari
as Sonia
Agnese Dubbini
as The mother of Mimi
Franca Faldini
as Gabrielle - the editor of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Rosita Pisano
as Filomena Ossobucco
Mara Werlen
as Mimi
Vincent Barbi
as Mr. Black's secretary
Nerio Bernardi
as The psychiatrist
Gino Buzzanca
as The director of the film about Nero
Loris Gizzi
as The tenor
Vinicio Sofia
as Cesarino Ossobucco
Henri Vidon
as The German doctor
Sylva Koscina
as The aspiring actress
Gildo Bocci
as A witness
Pasquale De Filippo
as The operator of the film about Nero
Giacomo Furia
as Nero's interpreter
Mario Passante
as The German sergeant
Denise Carpenter
as The other dancer (uncredited)
Salvo Libassi
as An editor of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (uncredited)
Nicola Maldacea Jr.
as The first cop (uncredited)
Romano Molani
as The second cop (uncredited)
Gina Rovere
as A dancer (uncredited)
Alessandro Tedeschi
as The Nazi doctor (uncredited)
Camillo Mastrocinque
Director
Screenplay
Vittorio Metz
Story
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Riccardo Pallottini
Director of Photography
Aldo Tonti
Giorgio Morra
Unit Manager
Mario Mangini
Francesco Nelli
Giuliano Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Elda Magnanti
Hairstylist
Giusto Vittorini
First Assistant Director
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Production Manager
Gisa Radicchi Levi
Editor
Piero Filippone
Production Design
Luigi Gervasi
Set Decoration
Gaia Romanini
Costume Design