Sam Shepard as Walter Faber

Julie Delpy as Sabeth

Barbara Sukowa as Hannah

Traci Lind as Charlene

Deborra-Lee Furness as Ivy

Dieter Kirchlechner as Herbert Hencke

August Zirner as Joachim Hencke

Thomas Heinze as Kurt

Bill Dunn as Lewin

Peter Berling as Baptist

Lorna Farrar as Arlette

Kathleen Matiezen as Lady Stenographer

Lou Cutell as New York Doorman

Charley Hayward as Joe

Wynn Irwin as Dick

James Mathers as Pilot

Perla Walter as Restroom Attendant

Roland De Chandenay as UNESCO Delegate

Jacques Martial as African Unesco

Brigitte Catillon as Marianne

Philippe Morier-Genoud as Guillaume

Erica Lawson as Judith

Johnny Vavouras as Musician (uncredited)