Giancarlo Giannini

Guzmán de Alfarache

Enrico Montesano

Lazarillo de Tormes

Vittorio Gassman

Marquis Felipe de Aragona

Nino Manfredi

The blind wanderer

Giuliana De Sio

Rosario, the prostitute

Bernard Blier

The exploiter of prostitutes

Paolo Hendel

The tutor

Vittorio Caprioli

mozzafiato

Enzo Robutti

The captain of the ship

Blanca Marsillach

Ponzia

María Casanova

The pregnant woman

Juan Carlos Naya

The pottery seller

Claudio Bisio

The leader of the mutineers

Sal Borgese

The boatswain

Enio Drovandi

The friar on the gallows

Sabrina Ferilli

A young prostitute, daughter of the exploiter

Adriano Chiaramida

Germán Cobos

Theatrical impresario

Nicoletta Della Corte

Jesús Guzmán

The jeweler

Cris Huerta

The blacksmith

Sabrina Knaflitz

Patrizia La Fonte

Marquise

Eduardo MacGregor

Lino Salemme

Enrique Escudero

Blaki

Luis Barboo

(uncredited)

Giovanni Cianfriglia

(uncredited)

Alfonso del Real

The Executioner (uncredited)

Aldo Sambrell

The Fencer (uncredited)