Elio Germano

as Giacomo Leopardi

Michele Riondino

as Antonio Ranieri

Massimo Popolizio

as Monaldo Leopardi

Anna Mouglalis

as Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti

Valerio Binasco

as Pietro Giordani

Paolo Graziosi

as Carlo Antici

Iaia Forte

as Mrs. Rosa

Sandro Lombardi

as Father Vincenzo

Raffaella Giordano

as Adelaide Antici Leopardi

Edoardo Natoli

as Carlo Leopardi

Giovanni Ludeno

as Pasquale Ignarra

Federica De Cola

as Paolina Ranieri

Giorgia Salari

as Maddalena 'Lenina' Pelzet

Gloria Ghergo

as Teresa Fattorini / 'Silvia'

Isabella Ragonese

as Paolina Leopardi

Vanni Leopardi

as cocchiere

Franco Javarone

as Ginardo

Sergio Albelli

as Signor Lenzoni

Eugenio Allegri

as Gian Pietro Viesseux

Fernando Beccaceci

as Maggiordomo

Salvatore Cantalupo

Renato Carpentieri

Gino De Luca

as Don Isidoro

Pio del Prete

as gendarme

Denis Fasolo

as Niccolò Tommaseo

Federico Fazioli

as Filippo Solari

Tiberio Fiori

as Maniscalco

Veronica Lazăr

as Marianna Mattei Antici

Valter Malosti

as Ferdinando Pelzet

Nello Mascia

as Dottor Mannella

Enzo Moscato

as Sacerdote

Danilo Nigrelli

as Giovanni Battista Niccolini

Kostas Papanastasiou

as Margasis

Enzo Salomone

as Monsignor Cupis

Mattia Sbragia

as Barone De Corbis

Luciana Zazzera

as Ostessa

Angela Di Matteo

as Prostituta 1

Roberto Di Pietro

as Bottegaio

Carlo Falciani

as Editore

Jurij Ferrini

Demi Licata

as prostituta 2

Bruna Rossi