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Rossella Falk as Rossella Mino Doro as Claudia's Agent Edy Vessel as The Model Annie Gorassini as Producer's Friend Mark Herron as Luisa's Suitor Mathilda Calnan as Luisa's Friend (uncredited) Mario Conocchia as Conocchia, the Production Manager Cesarino Miceli Picardi as Cesarino, the Production Supervisor Mario Pisu as Mario Mezzabotta Georgia Simmons as Guido's Grandmother Giulio Paradisi as A Friend Giuditta Rissone as Guido's Mother Guido Alberti as Pace, the Producer Bruno Agostini as Bruno, the Second Production Secretary Claudia Cardinale as Claudia Barbara Steele as Gloria Morin Madeleine Lebeau as Madeleine, the French Actress Jean Rougeul as Carini, the Film Critic Maria Tedeschi as School Director (uncredited) Caterina Boratto as Mysterious Lady Sonia Gessner as (uncredited) Sandra Milo as Carla Olimpia Cavalli as Olimpia (uncredited) Nadia Balabine as Priest Teacher (uncredited) John Karlsen Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi Eugene Walter as The American Journalist Annibale Ninchi as Guido's Father Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi Eddra Gale as La Saraghina Nadia Sanders as Nadine, the Hostess Rossella Como as Luisa's Friend Dina De Santis as Dina (uncredited) Franco Caracciolo as Young Priest (uncredited)

Giulio Paradisi Second Assistant Director Angelo Iacono Production Secretary Federico Fellini Director, Screenplay, Story Ennio Flaiano Screenplay, Story Tullio Pinelli Screenplay Pasqualino De Santis Camera Operator Gianni Di Venanzo Director of Photography Luciano Ricceri Assistant Production Design Angelo Rizzoli Producer Otello Fava Makeup Department Head Leo Catozzo Editor Nino Rota Original Music Composer