Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Jeanne des Anges

Oliver Reed as Father Urbain Grandier

Dudley Sutton as Baron de Laubardemont

Max Adrian as Ibert

Gemma Jones as Madeleine de Brou

Murray Melvin as Father-Canon Jean Mignon

Michael Gothard as Father Pierre Barre

Georgina Hale as Philippe Trincant

Brian Murphy as Adam

Christopher Logue as Cardinal Richelieu

Graham Armitage as King Louis XIII

John Woodvine as Louis Trincant

Andrew Faulds as Rangier

Kenneth Colley as Legrand

Judith Paris as Sister Agnes (miscredited as Sister Judith)

Catherine Willmer as Sister Catherine

Izabella Telezynska as Sister Iza

Niké Arrighi as Nun (uncredited)

Pat Ashton as Gossiping Woman (uncredited)

Peter Avella as Citizen (uncredited)

Imogen Claire as Nun

Barbie Denham as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Hugh Elton as Courtier (uncredited)

Harry Fielder as Soldier / Blackbird (uncredited)

Selina Gilbert as Nun (uncredited)

Cheryl Grunwald as Vestal Virgin (uncredited)

Charles Price as Soldier (uncredited)

Charles Rayford as Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Sharp as Spectator (uncredited)

Tina Simmons as Nun (uncredited)

Doremy Vernon as Nun (uncredited)

Twiggy as Pageboy

Donald Campbell as Spectator (uncredited)

Justin de Villeneuve as Courtier (uncredited)

Fred Peck as Spectator (uncredited)

Tony Allen as Spectator / Clerk of Court (uncredited)