| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Carlo Di Carlo | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
Gastone Ferranti | Crew | Production | Producer |
Mario Serandrei | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Nino Baragli | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Pier Paolo Pasolini | Crew | Directing | Director, Editor, Writer |
Sergio Montanari | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor |
Giacinto Solito | Crew | Editing | Editor, Assistant Director |
Giovannino Guareschi | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
 Ava Gardner | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Carlo Romano | Cast | Actor | Narrator - Part Two (voice) |
 Charles de Gaulle | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Giorgio Bassani | Cast | Actor | Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice) |
 Marilyn Monroe | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Nikita Khrushchev | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Pope Pius XII | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Renato Guttuso | Cast | Actor | Prose Narrator - Part One (voice) |
 Sophia Loren | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Vladimir Lenin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Yuri Gagarin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Pope John XXIII | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Pope Paul VI | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Gigi Artuso | Cast | Narrator - Part Two (voice) | |
Dr. Ahmed Sukarno | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
