António Sequeira Lopes as Simão Botelho

Cristina Hauser as Teresa de Albuquerque

Elsa Wallencamp as Mariana

António Costa as João da Cruz

Henrique Viana as Tadeu Albuquerque

Ruy Furtado as Domingos Botelho

Ricardo Pais as Baltasar Coutinho

Maria Barroso as Abadessa de Monchique

Adelaide João as Madre Prioresa

Lia Gama as Freira

Manuela de Freitas as Freira

Manoel de Oliveira as Narrator (voice)

Henrique Espírito Santo as Bispo

João César Monteiro as Degredado

João Bénard da Costa as Comandante do Navio

Manuela de Melo as Voz da Providência

María Dulce as D. Rita Caldeirão

Pedro Pinheiro as Voz do Delactor

Vanda França as Irmã de Baltasar

Maria da Conceição as