In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
Totò
as Antonio Scannagatti
Isa Barzizza
as La signorina nel vagone letto
Fulvia Franco
as Poppy
Rocco D'Assunta
as Il cognato siciliano
Vittorio Caprioli
as Il tenore balbuziente
Virgilio Riento
as Tiburzi
Alberto Bonucci
as Il regista russo
Luigi Pavese
as Tiscordi
Anna Vita
as Un'esistenzialista
Galeazzo Benti
as Poldo
Mario Castellani
as Onorevole Trombetta
Rosita Pisano
as Sorella di Antonio
