In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
| Camera | Arturo Zavattini | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Maria Pia Sollima | Screenplay |
| Sound | Rudy Knabl | Music |
| Directing | Paolo Nuzzi | Director |
| Writing | Piero Chiara | Novel |
| Writing | Paolo Nuzzi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Antonio Siciliano | Editor |
| Sound | Franco Micalizzi | Music |