 | Margarita Lozano | ... | Mariagrazia (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |

| Claudio Bigagli | ... | Batà (segment "Mal di luna") |
 | Omero Antonutti | ... | Luigi Pirandello (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Franco Franchi | ... | Zi' Dima (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Biagio Barone | ... | Salvatore (segment "Requiem") |
 | Regina Bianchi | ... | Pirandello's mother (segment "Colloquio con la madre") (as Régina Bianchi) |
 | Ciccio Ingrassia | ... | Don Lollò (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Enrica Maria Modugno | ... | Sidora (segment "Mal di luna") |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Nello Accardi | ... | Peasant (segment "Requiem") |
 | Enzo Alessi | ... | Avvocato (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Sabina Belfiore | ... | Maiden (segment "Requiem") |
 | Maria Berranova | | |
 | Giovanni Blandino | ... | Mariagrazia's husband (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Massimo Bonetti | ... | Saro (segments "Mal di luna" and "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Carlo Cartier | ... | Doctor (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Giovanni Catania | ... | Carreteer (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Laura De Marchi | ... | Young Pirandello's grandmother (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Maria Teresa Di Fede | ... | Young Mariagrazia (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Enzo Gambino | ... | Young emigrant (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Claudio Gazziano | ... | Old man's son (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Domenico Gennaro | | |
 | Giorgio Guerrieri | | |
 | Fernando Jelo | | |
 | Maria Lauretta | ... | Advocate's wife (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Maria Lo Sardo | ... | Sara (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Anna Malvica | ... | Sidora's mother (segment "Mal di luna") |
 | Giovanni Marsala | ... | Jeli (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Angelo Mezzasalma | ... | Carabinieri's officer (segment "Requiem") |
 | Salvatore Mignosi | | |
 | Laura Mollica | ... | Emigrant's wife / Francesca (segments "Altro figlio, L'" and "Requiem") |
 | Matilde Piana | ... | Water woman (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Salvatore Rossi | ... | Old man (segments "Altro figlio, L'" and "Requiem") |
 | Franco Scaldati | ... | Father Sarso (segment "Requiem") |
 | Giuseppe Sorge | ... | Emigrant (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Pasquale Spadola | ... | Baron (segment "Requiem") |
 | Tony Sperandeo | | |
 | Giovanna Taviani | ... | Young Pirandello's mother (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Giulliano Taviani | ... | Pirandello's uncle as a child (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Valentina Taviani | ... | Pirandello's aunt as a child (segment "Colloquio con la madre") |
 | Frida Terranova | ... | Advocate's sister (segment "Giara, La") |
 | Orazio Torrisi | ... | Comizzi (segment "Altro figlio, L'") |
 | Bartalo Vindigni | ... | Grave digger (segment "Requiem") |
Once Sicily was the center of our western world, and this film shows us all the beauties of far, far away, together with a Pastorale worthy of a Beethoven Symphony.
No No, Nicola Piovani composed the unforgettable music all by himself.
This film is timeless, with an imagery, thanks to master Giuseppe Lanci, that is as well sober as breathtakingly beautiful.
There is not one weak actor and the stories are from Luigi Pirandello, who aimed to make one gorgeous novella for each day of the year.
KAOS of the Taviani-brothers could, or maybe even should, be watched every day of the week. This must truly be the most beautiful cinematic achievement ever.