"A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return."
Maria Schell
as Natalia
Marcello Mastroianni
as Mario
Jean Marais
as L'Inquilino
Marcella Rovena
as La Padrona della Pensione
Maria Zanoli
as La Domestica
Elena Fancera
as La Cassiera
Lanfranco Ceccarelli
as Un Coinvolto nella Rissa
Angelo Galassi
Renato Terra
Corrado Pani
as Un Giovinastro
Dirk Sanders
as Il Ballerino
Clara Calamai
as La Prostituta
Giorgio Albertazzi
as L'Inquilino / Narratore (uncredited)
Lys Assia
as La Cantante (uncredited)
Romano Barbieri
as Il Figlio della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Alberto Carloni
as Il Locandiere (uncredited)
Dino D'Aquilio
as Un Ragazzino (uncredited)
Enzo Doria
as Il Marinaio Che Balla (uncredited)
Anna Filippini
as La Figlia della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Carla Foscari
as (uncredited)
Biagio Gambini
as Dancer (uncredited)
Ferdinando Gerra
as Il Padre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Giorgio Listuzzi
as La Guardia di Finanza (uncredited)
Leonilde Montesi
as La Madre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)
Sandro Moretti
as Un Giovinastro (uncredited)
Mimmo Palmara
as L'Uomo Che Gioca a Carte con la Prostituta (uncredited)
Winni Riva
Sandra Verani
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Luchino Visconti
Director
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Screenplay
Story
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Mario Garbuglia
Assistant Production Design
Eva Latini
Assistant Editor
Gabriele Palmieri
Script Supervisor
Guglielmo Colonna
Production Supervisor
Lucio Orlandini
Production Secretary
Renato Jaboni
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Mario Chiari
Production Design
Enzo Eusepi
Set Decoration
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Pietro Notarianni
Production Manager
Silvano Ippoliti
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Renata Magnanti
Hairstylist
Oscar Di Santo
Sound
Vittorio Trentino
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Ruggero Mastroianni
Vanda Tuzzi
Jean-Paul Guibert
Giuseppe Maggi
Mario Maggi
Nando Cicero
Assistant Director
Albino Cocco
Italo Tomassi
Art Department Manager
Choreographer
Rinaldo Ricci
