 | Ugo Tognazzi | ... | Il padre (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / (carabiniere / segment "Il mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero soldato") / L'onorevole (segment "La giornata dell'onorevole") / latin lover(segment "Latin lovers") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimonio volontario") / il vigile (segment "L'agguato") / Impiegato (segment "Vernissage") / Spettatore (segment "Scenda l'oblio") / Marito (segment "L'oppio dei popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile arte") |
 | Vittorio Gassman | ... | (segments "La raccomandazione", "Il mostro", "Presa dalla vita", "Che vitaccia", "Latin lovers", as avv. d'Amore in segment "Testimonio volontario", segments "La musa", "I due orfanelli", "Il sacrificato", "La strada è di tutti", "Il testamento di Francesco", as Artemisio Antinori in segment "La nobile arte") |
 | Lando Buzzanca | ... | Luciana's Husband (segment "Come un padre") |
 | Marisa Merlini | ... | Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") |
 | Rika Dialina | ... | Anna (segment "Sacrificato, Il") |
 | Michèle Mercier | ... | Maria, sua moglie (segment "L'opio dei popoli") |
 | Ricky Tognazzi | ... | Paoletto, the son (segment "L'educazione sentimentale") (as Rick Tognazzi) |
 | Franco Castellani | ... | Giulio Francusi (segment "Raccomandazione, La") |
 | Maria Mannelli | ... | Signora Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla vita") |
 | Mario Laurentino | ... | Nino (segment "Il povero soldato") |
 | Angela Portaluri | ... | Ersilia(segment "Che vitacchia") |
 | Yacinto Yaria | ... | Aristide (segment "Giornata dell'onorevole, La") |
 | Franco Caracciolo | ... | Zenone, il fratello (segment "La giornata dell'onorevole") (as Francesco Caracciolo) |
 | Carlo Kechler | ... | Nino (segment "La giornata dell'onorevole") |
 | Ugo Attanasio | ... | Lamberto (segment "Giornata dell'onorevole, La") |
 | Luciana Vincenzi | ... | Gina (segment "Latin lovers") |
 | Carlo Bagno | ... | Gianni (segment "Testimone volontario") |
 | Daniele Vargas | ... | Salvatore (segment "Due orfanelli, I") |
 | Mario Cecchi Gori | ... | Automobilista (segment "Agguato, L'") |
 | Françoise Leroy | ... | Giuliana(segment "Sacrificato, Il") |
 | Sal Borgese | ... | Umberto (segment "La musa") (as Salvatore Borgese) |
 | Jacques Herlin | ... | Lachapelle (segment "La musa") |
 | Maria Luisa Rispoli | ... | Flavia, sua moglie (segment "Scenda l'oblio") (as Luisa Rispoli) |
 | Marino Masé | ... | L'amante (segment "L'oppio dei popoli") (as Marino Masè) |
 | Riccardo Paladini | ... | Luigi (segment "Testamento di Francesco, Il") |
 | Mario Brega | ... | (segment "Nobile arte, La") |
 | Nino Nini | ... | Enrico (segment "La nobile arte") |
 | Ottavia Panunzi | ... | (segment "La nobile arte") |
 | Lucia Modugno | ... | Clara Antinori (segment "Nobile arte, La") |
This film is terrific, at the same level as Risi's The Easy Life. Each of the 19 episodes works wonderfully. The two principal actors, Gassman and Tognazi are superb. I laughed loudly many times during the film, shown in Paris where I am currently spending three months, as the first film in an Italian Comedy series running at the Reflet Medicis cinema. The final episode, The Noble Sport,was tragic in its denouement, just as the final scene in The Easy Lifeis tragic. In that film, the Gassman character, Bruno, walks away,physically unscathed. In I Mostri, the character played by Gassman in the final episode, does not get off so lucky. It is inexplicable to me that these films are not available on DVD (or video) in the United States. Of course many great films are not available, but do not hesitate to go significantly out of your way to see this film.