
103 minutes
9/17/1953
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Franco Interlenghi
as Moraldo Rubini

Alberto Sordi
as Alberto

Franco Fabrizi
as Fausto Moretti

Leopoldo Trieste
as Leopoldo Vannucci

Riccardo Fellini
as Riccardo

Leonora Ruffo
as Sandra Rubini

Jean Brochard
as Francescco Moretti

Claude Farell
as Olga

Carlo Romano
as Michele Curti

Enrico Viarisio
as Signor Rubini

Paola Borboni
as Signora Rubini

Lída Baarová
as Giulia Curti

Arlette Sauvage
as Mysterious Woman at the Cinema

Vira Silenti
as Gisella
Maja Niles
as Caterina

Achille Majeroni
as Sergio Natali
Guido Martufi
as Guido

Silvio Bagolini
as Giudizio
Milvia Chianelli
as Riccardo's Friend

Enzo Andronico
as A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)

Alberto Anselmi
as (uncredited)

Riccardo Cucciolla
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Gustavo De Nardo
as (uncredited)
Graziella De Roc
as (uncredited)
Giovanna Galli
as Ballerina (uncredited)
Franca Gandolfi
as Ballerina (uncredited)
Lilia Landi
as Self (uncredited)
Gigetta Morano
as Alberto and Olga's Mother (uncredited)

Lino Toffolo
as A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)

Gondrano Trucchi
as (uncredited)