A Leap in the Dark
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.
Michel Piccoli
Mauro Ponticelli
Anouk Aimée
Marta Ponticelli
Michele Placido
Giovanni Sciabola
Gisella Burinato
Anna
Antonio Piovanelli
Quasimodo
Anna Orso
Marilena
Giampaolo Saccarola
Insane Brother
Adriana Pecorelli
Sonia
Franca Maria De Monti
Paola Ciampi
Ponticelli's Mother
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Giorgio
Mario Prosperi
Mario Ponticelli
Elizabeth Labi
Ponticelli's Fiancée
Enrico Bergier
Ponticelli's Brother
Mario Ravasio
Brother of Suicide
Gaetano Campisi
Actor
Marino Cenna
Actor
Lamberto Consani
Giovanni's Friend
Giancarlo Sammartano
Passerby
Oreste Rotundo
Passerby
Remo Remotti
Thief
Marina Sassi
Giovanni's Friend
Rossano Weber
Fire-Eater
Alessandro Antonucci
Ponticelli Child
Daria Fago
Ponticelli Child
Natalia Fago
Ponticelli Child
Matteo Fago
Ponticelli Child
Giovanni Frezza
Ponticelli Child
Maria Pia Frezza
Ponticelli Child
Gianluca Giusti
Pasquale Moscianese
Carlotta Natoli
Daniele Piretti
Valerio Tozzi
Vittorio Caprioli
Mauro Ponticelli (voice)
Livia Giampalmo
Marta Ponticelli (voice)
Frédérique Alexandre
Marta Ponticelli Child (uncredited)
Silverio Conti
Man at Pawnshop (uncredited)
Piero Natoli
Screenplay
Vincenzo Cerami
Screenplay
Bruno Tempera
Property Master
Marin Karmitz
Additional Dialogue
Pino Venditti
Second Assistant Director
Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Assistant Camera
Marie Christine Vanden Eede
Thanks
Franco Fantini
Administration
Cesare Paciotti
Makeup Artist
Luciano Anzellotti
Sound Effects
Rita Algeri
Assistant Editor
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator
Giovanni Fago
Thanks
Enzo Porcelli
Executive Producer
Cecilia Valmarana
Production Assistant
Ennio Di Stefano
Gaffer
Dino Di Dionisio
Unit Production Manager
Alberto Michettoni
Property Master
Gerardo Scala
Thanks
Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay
Lucilla Clementelli
Script Supervisor
Letizia Cavallini
Still Photographer
Carmelo Agate
Assistant Production Design
Marco Bellocchio
Story
Firmino Palmieri
Still Photographer
Claudio Gaeta
Production Secretary
Maria Ruhle
Public Relations
Giancarlo Serravalli
Key Grip
Janice Munro
Production Secretary
Luciana Maria Costanzi
Hairstylist
Remo Ugolinelli
Sound
Anna Rosa Napoli
Assistant Editor
Pierre Gautard
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Di Biase
Camera Operator
Silvana Turchi
Assistant Costume Designer
Adriano Taloni
Sound Mixer
Angelo Barbagallo
Production Secretary
Fabrizio Beggiato
Thanks
Inigo Lezzi
First Assistant Director
Anita Cavallari
Seamstress
Marco Bellocchio
Director
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Lia Francesca Morandini
Costume Design
Anna Maria Clementelli
Producer
Giuseppe Lanci
Director of Photography
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Brigitte Sousselier
Editor
Amedeo Fago
Production Design
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Silvio Clementelli
Producer