António Vilar as Luiz Vaz de Camões

José Amaro as D. Manoel, King of Portugal

Eunice Muñoz as Beatriz da Silva

Julieta Castelo as Infanta D. Maria

Igrejas Caeiro as André Falcão de Resende

Paiva Raposo as Pero de Andrade Caminha

Leonor Maia as Leonor

Carmen Dolores as Catarina de Ataíde / Natércia

Idalina Guimarães as Inês

Cassilda de Albuquerque as Isabel

Vasco Santana as Mal-Cozinhado

Dina Salazar as Burguesa de Coimbra

Manuel Lereno as Caminha's Friend

Júlio Pereira as Caminha's Friend

Carlos Moutinho as Caminha's Friend

Edmundo Machado as Caminha's Friend

João Amaro as Camões' Friend

Baltazar de Azevedo as Camões' Friend

Carlos Velosa as Camões' Friend

João Villaret as D. João III, King of Portugal

Virgínia de Vilhena as Luísa

Alfredo Henriques as Alcaide

Álvaro da Fonseca as Mal-Cozinhado's customer

Mário Lázaro as Mal-Cozinhado's customer

Vilar de Miranda as Mal-Cozinhado's customer

António Góis as Pedro Nunes

António Silva as Cabo dos Meirinhos

Armando Martins as D. Sebastião, King of Portugal

Assis Pacheco as D. João da Silva, Regedor da Justiça

Costinha as Gaspar Borges

Celestino Ribeiro as Homem das Velas

Celestino Soares as Camareiro-Mor

José Paulo as Jorge da Silva

Fernando de Oliveira as Jorge da Silva's Friend

Ferreira da Cunha as Painter

Isabel de Carvalho as Dama que Dá o Mote

José Victor as Frei Bartolomeu Ferreira

Josefina Silva as Natércia's Mother

Joselina Andrade as The other cousin

Luciana Marian as Guiomar Blasfé

Maria Brandão as Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal

Maria Julieta as Dama de Aluguer

Maria Manuela Fernandes as Dinamene

Mário Ramsky as Ballroom Master

Mário Santos as Natércia's Father

Olga Fernandes as Dama de Aluguer

Regina Montenegro as Infanta D. Maria's maid

Virgílio Macieira as 1st Tipstaff