"A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person, with ambitions or financial problems, to enroll in the competition."
Alberto Sordi
as Alberto Carboni
Vittorio De Sica
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
Mario Riva
as Himself
Ugo Tognazzi
as Ugo
Dorian Gray
as Luciana
Achille Togliani
Dolores Palumbo
as La portinaia
Lorella De Luca
as Maria Luisa Gastaldi
Yvette Masson
as
Andreina Pagnani
Virgilio Riento
Vira Silenti
Mario Ambrosino
Gabriele Antonini
Piera Arico
Ciccio Barbi
Vittorina Benvenuti
Dario Fo
Enzo Garinei
Giampiero Littera
Alvaro Mancori
Director of Photography
Gorni Kramer
Original Music Composer
Ennio Michettoni
Set Decoration
Vittorio Metz
Story
Ornella Micheli
Assistant Editor
Luigi Carpentieri
Producer
Roberto Gianviti
Screenplay
Guglielmo Mancori
Camera Operator
Amalia Paoletti
Hairstylist
Oreste Biancoli
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Lù Leone
Assistant Director
Rometta Pietrostefani
Script Supervisor
Piero Donati
Production Manager
Beni Montresor
Production Design
Ermanno Donati
Costume Design
Franco Freda
Makeup Artist
Dino Verde
Luigi Ceccarelli
Production Supervisor
Adriano Taloni
Sound Mixer
Rodolfo Sonego
Giorgio Baldi
Production Secretary
Camillo Mastrocinque
Director