8½

Marcello Mastroianni

Guido Anselmi

Claude Cardinale

Claudia

Anouk Aimée

Luisa Anselmi

Sandra Milo

Carla

Rossella Falk

Rossella

Barbara Steele

Gloria Morin

Madeleine Lebeau

Madeleine, the French Actress

Caterina Boratto

Mysterious Lady

Eddra Gale

La Saraghina

Guido Alberti

Pace, the Producer

Mario Conocchia

Conocchia, the Production Manager

Bruno Agostini

Bruno, the Second Production Secretary

Cesarino Miceli Picardi

Cesarino, the Production Supervisor

Jean Rougeul

Carini, the Film Critic

Mario Pisu

Mario Mezzabotta

Yvonne Casadei

Jacqueline Bonbon

Ian Dallas

Maurice, Maya's Assistant

Mino Doro

Claudia's Agent

Nadia Sanders

Nadine, the Hostess

Georgia Simmons

Guido's Grandmother

Edy Vessel

Hedy, The Model

Tito Masini

The Cardinal

Annie Gorassini

Producer's Friend

Rossella Como

Luisa's Friend

Mark Herron

Luisa's Suitor

Marisa Colomber

Guido's Aunt

Neil Robinson

The French Actress's Agent

Elisabetta Catalano

Matilde, Luisa's Sister

Eugene Walter

The American Journalist

Hazel Rogers

La negretta

Gilda Dahlberg

American Journalist's Wife

Mario Tarchetti

Claudia's Press Office

Mary Indovino

Maya, the Clairvoyant

Frazier Rippy

The Lay Secretary

Francesco Rigamonti

Luisa's Friend

Giulio Paradisi

A Friend

Marco Gemini

Guido as a Child

Giuditta Rissone

Guido's Mother

Annibale Ninchi

Guido's Father

Dina De Santis

Dina (uncredited)

Eva Gioia

Eva (uncredited)

Maria Tedeschi

School Director (uncredited)

Antonio Acqua

A Man in a Car (uncredited)

Giulio Calì

A Man in the Mud (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Young Priest (uncredited)

Olimpia Cavalli

Olimpia (uncredited)

Sonia Gessner

(uncredited)

Mathilda Calnan

Luisa's Friend (uncredited)

Nadia Balabine

Priest Teacher (uncredited)

John Karlsen