The Joy of Living

Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the offer he gets from a group of fascists to go in with the Fossatis, a family of anarchists (unknown to him).

Discover

Alain Delon

Ulisse Cecconato

Barbara Lass

Franca Fossati

Gino Cervi

Olinto Fossati

Rina Morelli

Rosa Fossati

Ugo Tognazzi

Anarchist

Paolo Stoppa

Hairdresser

Fanfulla

Prison Chaplain

Marta Timar

(uncredited)

Giuliana Farnese

Anarchist (uncredited)

Rosalba Neri

Mother with two boys (as Rosalba Neri c.s.c.) (credit only)

Monica Neri

Mother with two boys (uncredited)

Art

Piero Zuffi

Production Design

Riccardo Domenici

Interior Designer

Camera

Henri Decaë

Director of Photography

Franco Villa

Camera Operator

Sante Achilli

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Costume Designer

Directing

René Clément

Director

Gianfranco Mingozzi

Assistant Director

Sound

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Original Music Composer

Writing

Piero De Bernardi

Screenplay

René Clément

Screenplay

Pierre Bost

Dialogue

Art

Piero Zuffi

Production Design

Riccardo Domenici

Interior Designer

Camera

Henri Decaë

Director of Photography

Franco Villa

Camera Operator

Sante Achilli

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Costume Designer

Directing

René Clément

Director

Gianfranco Mingozzi

Assistant Director

Sound

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Original Music Composer

Writing

Piero De Bernardi

Screenplay

René Clément

Screenplay

Pierre Bost

Dialogue