8½

Guido Anselmi

Marcello Mastroianni

Luisa Anselmi

Anouk Aimée

Carla

Sandra Milo

Claudia

Claudia Cardinale

Rossella

Rossella Falk

Gloria Morin

Barbara Steele

Madeleine, the French Actress

Madeleine Lebeau

Mysterious Lady

Caterina Boratto

La Saraghina

Eddra Gale

Pace, the Producer

Guido Alberti

Conocchia, the Production Manager

Mario Conocchia

Bruno, the Second Production Secretary

Bruno Agostini

Cesarino, the Production Supervisor

Cesarino Miceli Picardi

Carini, the Film Critic

Jean Rougeul

Mario Mezzabotta

Mario Pisu

Jacqueline Bonbon

Yvonne Casadei

Maurice, Maya's Assistant

Ian Dallas

Claudia's Agent

Mino Doro

Nadine, the Hostess

Nadia Sanders

Guido's Grandmother

Georgia Simmons

The Model

Edy Vessel

The Cardinal

Tito Masini

Producer's Friend

Annie Gorassini

Luisa's Friend

Rossella Como

Luisa's Suitor

Mark Herron

Guido's Aunt

Marisa Colomber

The French Actress's Agent

Neil Robinson

Matilde, Luisa's Sister

Elisabetta Catalano

The American Journalist

Eugene Walter

La negretta

Hazel Rogers

American Journalist's Wife

Gilda Dahlberg

Claudia's Press Office

Mario Tarchetti

Maya, the Clairvoyant

Mary Indovino

The Lay Secretary

Frazier Rippy

Luisa's Friend

Francesco Rigamonti

A Friend

Giulio Paradisi

Guido as a Child

Marco Gemini

Guido's Mother

Giuditta Rissone

Guido's Father

Annibale Ninchi

Dina (uncredited)

Dina De Santis

Eva (uncredited)

Eva Gioia

School Director (uncredited)

Maria Tedeschi

A Man in a Car (uncredited)

Antonio Acqua

A Man in the Mud (uncredited)

Giulio Calì

Young Priest (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Olimpia (uncredited)

Olimpia Cavalli

(uncredited)

Sonia Gessner

Luisa's Friend (uncredited)

Mathilda Calnan

Priest Teacher (uncredited)

Nadia Balabine

John Karlsen