- Roberto Benigni as Guido Orefice, an Italian-Jewish waiter and Giosuè's father
- Nicoletta Braschi as Dora Orefice, a Gentile woman, Guido's wife, and Giosuè's mother
- Giorgio Cantarini as Giosuè Orefice, the son of Guido and Dora
- Giustino Durano as Uncle Eliseo, Giosuè's granduncle and Guido's uncle
- Horst Buchholz as Doctor Lessing, a doctor at the concentration camps who was a regular customer at Eliseo's restaurant. He often tries to solve riddles when with Guido
- Marisa Paredes as Dora's mother, a rich socialite
- Sergio Bustric as Ferruccio, Guido's bumbling partner
- Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo, Dora's former husband to be and a government official
- Lydia Alfonsi as Guicciardini
- Giuliana Lojodice as the Headmistress
- Pietro Desilva as Bartolomeo
- Francesco Guzzo as Vittorino
- Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena
- Claudio Alfonsi as Rodolfo's friend
- Richard Sammel as Waffen-SS Officer
- Omero Antonutti as the voice of the narrator (uncredited)
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