"Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice."
Massimo Troisi
as Mario Ruoppolo
Philippe Noiret
as Pablo Neruda
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
as Beatrice Russo
Renato Scarpa
as Telegrapher
Linda Moretti
as Donna Rosa
Mariano Rigillo
as Di Cosimo
Anna Bonaiuto
as Matilde
Sergio Solli
as Peasant
Carlo Di Maio
as Priest
Nando Neri
as
Vincenzo Di Sauro
Orazio Stracuzzi
Alfredo Cozzolino
as Di Cosimo's Associate
Simona Caparrini
as Elsa Morante (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
as Bookseller (uncredited)
Assunta Stacconi
as Old Woman in Church (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Antonio Skármeta
Novel
Michael Radford
Director
Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Luis Bacalov
Original Music Composer
Gaetano Daniele
Vincenzo Testa
Production Manager
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Alberto Passone
Executive Producer
Gerardo Ferrara
Stunt Double
Giacomo Scarpelli
Story
Raffaele Veneruso
Unit Manager
Furio Scarpelli
Massimo Loffredi
Sound
Ernesto Natoli
Assistant Camera
Angelo Raguseo
Sound Mixer
Alfredo Marazzi
Key Makeup Artist
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Léone Noël
Elio Bosi
Grip
Rita Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Tullio Arcangeli
Sound Effects
Giulio D'Angeli
Lidia Pascolini
Augusto Penna
Ettore Mancini
Boom Operator
Simone Marazzi
Laura Casalini
Assistant Production Design
Roberto Sterbini
Giancarlo Bachetti
Electrician
Stefano Veneruso
Second Assistant Director
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Supervisor
Rolando Marcheggiani
Elide Cortesi
Script Supervisor
Ezio Marcorin
Sound Editor
Piero Bosi
Co-Director
Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Department Head
Gaia Gorrini
First Assistant Director
Paolo Amici
Saverio Lancia
Daniele Masini
Valerio Garzia
Alberto Altibrandi
Screenplay