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Marco Cassini
as Gaetano Tognetti
Gigi Proietti
as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
Lino Toffolo
as Serafino (cardinal Colombo's servant)
Sandra Ceccarelli
as countess Flaminia Ricci
Domenico Diele
as Cesare Costa
Francesco Venditti
as Giuseppe Monti
Jerzy Stuhr
as Pierre-Jean Beckx (head of the Jesuits)
Arnaldo Ninchi
as Pope Pius IX
Renato Scarpa
as cardinal Belloni
Greta Scarano
as Teresa Ferri
Paola Tiziana Cruciani
as Maria Tognetti
Massimo Wertmüller
as prosecutor
Camillo Milli
as judge
Paolo Calabresi
as master Pietro
Duccio Camerini
as count Ottavio Ricci
Roberta Mattei
as Lucia Monti
Luca Manfredi
Director
Writer
Fabio Olmi
Cinematography
Nicola Piovani
Music
Roberta Manfredi
Producer
Alberto Simone
Antonio De Simone
Executive Producer