Meryl Streep as Clara del Valle Trueba

Glenn Close as Ferula Trueba

Jeremy Irons as Esteban Trueba

Winona Ryder as Blanca Trueba

Antonio Banderas as Pedro Tercero Gareia

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Severo del Valle

María Conchita Alonso as Transito Soto

Vincent Gallo as Esteban García

Jan Niklas as Count Jean de Satigny

Joaquín Martínez as Segundo

Sarita Choudhury as Pancha

Teri Polo as Rosa

Miriam Colon as Nana

Vanessa Redgrave as Nivea del Valle

Grace Gummer as Clara del Valle Trueba - as a Child

Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Blanca (child)

Josh Maguire as Pedro (child)

Fran Fullenwider as Ester Trueba

Pedro Efe as Interrogation Officer

Hans Wyprächtiger as Dr. Cuevas

Miguel Guilherme as Soldier

José Mora Ramos as Soldier 1

Martin Umbach as TV Reporter

Carlos Rodrigues as Postman

Anabela Teixeira as

Helena Laureano as

Patrícia Tavares as

Maria Hernâni as

Carlos Conceição as (uncredited)

Heitor Lourenço as (Uncredited)

Isabel Simões as (Uncredited)

Osvaldo Canhita as (Uncredited)

Denys Hawthorne as