Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lady of Loreto.

Marina Berti
as The nurse

Elettra Druscovich
as Filomena, the housekeeper

Massimo Girotti
as The blind youth

Roldano Lupi
as Giovanni Brandacci, the pianist

Carlo Ninchi
as The blind youth's companion

Elli Parvo
as The provocative lady

María Mercader
as Maria (as Maria Mercader)

Cristiano Cristiani
as Claudio Gorini, the paralyzed child

Giovanni Grasso
as The paralyzed salesman

Giuseppe Forcina
as The engineer