Audrey Tautou as Mathilde

Gaspard Ulliel as Manech

Dominique Pinon as Sylvain

Chantal Neuwirth as Bénédicte

André Dussollier as Pierre-Marie Rouvières

Ticky Holgado as Germain Pire

Marion Cotillard as Tina Lombardi

Dominique Bettenfeld as Ange Bassignano

Jodie Foster as Elodie Gordes

Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Benjamin Gordes

Denis Lavant as Six-Soux

Rufus as Breton

Jérôme Kircher as Bastoche

Albert Dupontel as Célestin Poux

Elina Löwensohn as Günther's Sister

Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Commander Lavrouye

Clovis Cornillac as Benoît Notre-Dame

Jean-Pierre Becker as Esperanza

Jean-Paul Rouve as The Factor

Julie Depardieu as Véronique Passavant

Michel Vuillermoz as P'tit Louis

Urbain Cancelier as The Parish Priest

Maud Rayer as Madame Desrochelles

Michel Robin as Old Man on the Battlefield

Tchéky Karyo as Captain Favour

Philippe Duquesne as Favart

Bouli Lanners as Chardolot

Stéphane Butet as Philippot

Christian Pereira as The Records Officer

François Levantal as Thouvenel

Patrick Paroux as Military Doctor

Solène Le Pechon as Young Mathilde

Virgil Leclaire as Young Manech

Florence Thomassin as Narrator (voice)

Thierry Gibault as Lieutenant Estrangin

Myriam Roustan as The Coffee Prostitute

Gilles Masson as The Murdered Officer

Sandrine Rigault as Mariette Notre Dame

Michel Chalmeau as Milly's Priest

Marc Faure as Prison Warden

Rodolphe Pauly as Jean Desrochelles

Xavier Maly as Chardolot's Comrade

Till Bahlmann as German Prisoner

Tony Gaultier as Gravedigger

Louis-Marie Audubert as Gravedigger

Jean-Gilles Barbier as Sergeant

Marc Robert as Soldier

Pierre Heitz as Soldier

Philippe Maymat as Soldier

Eric Debrosse as Soldier

Mick Gondouin as Soldier

Éric Fraticelli as Menacing Corsican

Philippe Beautier as The Train Prankster

Gérald Weingand as Cheated Soldier

Luc Sonzogni as Cheated Soldier

Xavier Berlioz as The Order

Frankie Pain as The Mackerel

Marcel Philippot as Bourgeois Couple

Pascale Lievyn as Bourgeois Couple

Jean-Claude Lecoq as German Machine Gunner

Esther Sironneau as Nurse

Stéphanie Gesnel as Happy Girl

Frédérique Bel as Happy Girl

Alexandre Caumartin as Sretcher-bearer

Eric Defosse as Sretcher-bearer

Gaspar Claus as Pierced German

Jean-Philippe Bèche as Georges Cornu

Anaïs Durand as Hélène Pire