Marco Cassini

Gaetano Tognetti

Gigi Proietti

cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno

Lino Toffolo

Serafino (cardinal Colombo's servant)

Sandra Ceccarelli

countess Flaminia Ricci

Domenico Diele

Cesare Costa

Francesco Venditti

Giuseppe Monti

Jerzy Stuhr

Pierre-Jean Beckx (head of the Jesuits)

Arnaldo Ninchi

Pope Pius IX

Renato Scarpa

cardinal Belloni

Greta Scarano

Teresa Ferri

Paola Tiziana Cruciani

Maria Tognetti

Massimo Wertmüller

prosecutor

Camillo Milli

judge

Paolo Calabresi

master Pietro

Duccio Camerini

count Ottavio Ricci

Roberta Mattei

Lucia Monti

Luca Manfredi

Director

Luca Manfredi

Writer

Fabio Olmi

Cinematography

Nicola Piovani

Music

Roberta Manfredi

Producer

Alberto Simone

Producer

Antonio De Simone

Executive Producer