Robert Stephens
— Giacomo Puccini
Virginia McKenna
— Elvira
Judith Howarth
— Doria / Liu
Robert Urquhart
— Doria's Father
Bill Fraser
— Fucini, the Lawyer
William Squire
— Giacchi, the Doctor
Peter Woodthorpe
— Umberto Manfredi
Andrew Cruickshank
— Father Michelucci
Phil McCall
— Gnicche
Rupert Graves
— Tonio
Ronald Pickup
— Giulio Ricordi