Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.
Anna Magnani
Lidia
Amedeo Nazzari
Ernesto
Carla Del Poggio
Maria
Carlo Campanini
Carlo
Eliana Banducci
Rosetta
Mino Doro
Mirko
Folco Lulli
Andrea
Mario Perrone
The hunchback
Amato Garbini
The tenant
Gianni Appelius
Signorina
Ruggero Madrigali
The black man
Thea Aimaretti
Tecla, the mistress
