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)
Vincenzo Cerami
Screenplay
Angelo Barbagallo
Production Secretary
Cecilia Valmarana
Production Assistant
Cesare Paciotti
Makeup Artist
Ennio Di Stefano
Gaffer
Lucilla Clementelli
Script Supervisor
Claudio Gaeta
Production Secretary
Remo Ugolinelli
Sound
Anna Rosa Napoli
Assistant Editor
Piero Natoli
Screenplay
Pino Venditti
Second Assistant Director
Inigo Lezzi
First Assistant Director
Giuseppe Di Biase
Camera Operator
Marco Bellocchio
Story
Dino Di Dionisio
Unit Production Manager
Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay
Giancarlo Serravalli
Key Grip
Enzo Porcelli
Executive Producer
Silvana Turchi
Assistant Costume Designer
Carmelo Agate
Assistant Production Design
Maria Ruhle
Public Relations
Bruno Tempera
Property Master
Gerardo Scala
Thanks
Fabrizio Beggiato
Thanks
Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Assistant Camera
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator
Adriano Taloni
Sound Mixer
Marie Christine Vanden Eede
Thanks
Rita Algeri
Assistant Editor
Janice Munro
Production Secretary
Letizia Cavallini
Still Photographer
Luciano Anzellotti
Sound Effects
Franco Fantini
Administration
Firmino Palmieri
Still Photographer
Alberto Michettoni
Property Master
Luciana Maria Costanzi
Hairstylist
Pierre Gautard
Camera Operator
Giovanni Fago
Thanks
Anita Cavallari
Seamstress
Marin Karmitz
Additional Dialogue
Marco Bellocchio
Director
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Lanci
Director of Photography
Brigitte Sousselier
Editor
Silvio Clementelli
Producer
Anna Maria Clementelli
Producer
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Amedeo Fago
Production Design
Lia Francesca Morandini
Costume Design