Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes some pictures of her naked. Later he shows the pictures to a friend and so he feels better. He starts to write a comic opera called "Il merlo maschio" only to discover later he had written Rossini's "La gazza ladra". To maintain his self-esteem he can only show his wife...
| Directing | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Director |
| Writing | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Screenplay |
| Sound | Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Luciano Bianciardi | Novel |
| Directing | Marcello Crescenzi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maria Pia Rocco | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Vittorio Trentino | Sound |
| Sound | Giuseppe Muratori | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Renato Doria | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Di Salvio | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sergio Petruzzelli | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Mario Mazzoni | Still Photographer |
| Production | Eros Lafranconi | Unit Manager |
| Production | Angelo Zemella | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Vanda Olasio | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia Raffa | Seamstress |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila | Gaffer |
| Camera | Quirino Fantauzzi | Key Grip |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Danilo Moroni | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Sergio Montanari | Editor |
| Editing | Mario Morra | Editor |
| Art | Ezio Altieri | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ezio Altieri | Costume Design |
| Production | Giorgio Adriani | Production Manager |
| Production | Silvio Clementelli | Producer |
