Keith Carradine as Armand d'Hubert

Harvey Keitel as Gabriel Feraud

Albert Finney as Joseph Fouché

Edward Fox as Colonel Perteley

Cristina Raines as Adèle

Robert Stephens as Brigadier-General Treillard

Tom Conti as Dr. Jacquin

John McEnery as Amiable Second

Diana Quick as Laura

Alun Armstrong as Lieutenant Lacourbe

Maurice Colbourne as Tall Second

Gay Hamilton as Maid

Meg Wynn Owen as Léonie

Jenny Runacre as Mme. de Lionne

Alan Webb as Chevalier du Rivarol

Arthur Dignam as Captain with Eyepatch

Matthew Guinness as Mayor's Son

Dave Hill as Cuirassier

Neville Jason as Hilaire

Timothy Penrose as Singer

William Morgan Sheppard as Fencing Master

Liz Smith as Fortune Teller

Anthony Douse as Surgeon

Hugh Fraser as Officer

Richard Graydon as Cossack / Hussar

Tim Hardy as Officer

William Hobbs as Swordsman

Michael Irving as Officer

Tony Mathews as Gen. Treillard's Aide-de-Camp

Pete Postlethwaite as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

Jason Scott as Léonie's son

Luke Scott as Léonie's son

Stacy Keach as Narrator (voice)

Jean-Pierre Bordas as Pianist (uncredited)

Paul Casson-Yardley as Napoleonic Boy Soldier (uncredited)

George Oliver as Wedding Guest (uncredited)