Stéphane Audran as Babette

Bodil Kjer as Filippa

Birgitte Federspiel as Martine

Jarl Kulle as General Lorens Löwenhielm

Jean-Philippe Lafont as Achille Papin

Bibi Andersson as Svensk hofdame

Ghita Nørby as Fortæller (stemme)

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen as Anna

Thomas Antoni as Svensk Løjtnant

Hanne Stensgaard as Filippa som ung

Vibeke Hastrup as Martine som ung

Gudmar Wivesson as Lorens Löwenhielm som ung

Bendt Rothe as Gamle Nielsen

Gert Bastian as Fatttig mand

Viggo Bentzon as Fisker i robåd

Lisbeth Movin as Enken

Preben Lerdorff Rye as Kaptajnen

Cay Kristiansen as Poul

Axel Strøbye as Kusken

Erik Petersen as Erik

Ebbe Rode as Christopher

Ebba With as Löwenhielms tante

Pouel Kern as Præsten

Finn Nielsen as Købmand

Holger Perfort as Karlsen

Therese Højgaard Christensen as Martha

Lars Lohmann as Fisker

Tine Miehe-Renard as Löwenhielms kone

Tina Kiberg as Filippa (singing voice)

Else Petersen as Solveig