

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Marcello Mastroianni
Professor Sinigaglia

Renato Salvatori
Raoul

Gabriella Giorgelli
Adele

Folco Lulli
Pautasso

Bernard Blier
Martinetti

Raffaella Carrà
Bianca

François Périer
Maestro Di Meo

Vittorio Sanipoli
Baudet

Mario Pisu
Manager

Kenneth Kove
Luigi

Annie Girardot
Niobe

Edda Ferronao
Maria

Giampiero Albertini
Porro

Pippo Starnazza
Bergamasco
Anna Di Silvio
Gesummina

Elvira Tonelli
Cesarina
Sara Simoni
Cenerone's Wife
Roberto Diamanti
(uncredited)

Bruno Scipioni
(uncredited)

Silvio Anselmo
(uncredited)
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
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