| Enrico |
Albano | Fisherman and friend of Cenzo |
| Salvatorre |
Albano | Enrico's brother, fisherman |
| Primo |
Carnera | Italian heavyweight boxer |
| Georges |
Carpentier | Famous boxer |
| Wilhelm Christian |
Doorf | Mining engineer |
| Greta |
Garbo | Swedish-American film actress. Aka: Garbo |
| Vera |
Giardini | Actress |
| Joseph |
Goebbels | Nazi propaganda minister. Aka: Dr. Goebbels |
| Adolf |
Hitler | Nazi leader |
| Lieutenant |
Hoff | Officer manning the checkpoint |
| Otto |
Klein | Movie producer |
| Benito |
Mussolini | Italian dictator, leader of Fascist Italy. Aka: Il Duce |
| Rachele |
Mussolini | Mussolini's wife |
| Commander |
Orsini | Leader of the Black Brigade |
| Maria |
Paz | Wife of former Argentine consul |
| Alejandro |
Paz-Rodriguez | Argentine consul general; husband of Maria Paz |
| Claretta |
Petacci | Vera's best friend; Mussolini's mistress |
| Mary |
Pickford | American film actress |
| Cole |
Porter | American composer and lyricist |
| Manuel Cristobal |
Reyes | Schoolteacher |
| Eusebio |
Russo | Fishmonger and Cenzo's friend |
| Margherita |
Russo | Eusebio Russo's mother |
| Rosa |
Russo | Daughter of Eusebio Russo |
| Max |
Schmeling | German heavyweight boxer |
| Adele |
Silber | Giulia's mother |
| Giulia |
Silber | Jewish girl saved by Cenzo; survivor hiding from Fascists |
| Vittorio |
Silber | Giulia's father; founder of a medical-supply company |
| The |
Spaniard | Veteran soldier; Cenzo's leader |
| Colonel |
Steiner | Hoff's superior officer |
| Gina |
Vianello | Cenzo's wife |
| Giorgio |
Vianello | Cenzo's brother; actor |
| Hugo |
Vianello | Cenzo's brother |
| Innocenzo |
Vianello | Fisherman who found Giulia floating unconscious in the lagoon. Aka: Cenzo |
| Sofia |
Vianello | Cenzo's mother |
| Byron |
| Famous poet |
| Celestina |
| Hugo's wife |
| DaCosta |
| Lawyer |
| Dante |
| Cenzo's commander |
| Farina |
| Squadron leader |
| Kassel |
| General |
| Marco |
| Nido's nephew |
| Nido |
| Boxer and friend of Cenzo |
| Primo |
| Black boxer (different from Primo Carnera) |
| Umberto |
| Son of Nido's squadron leader |
