Frances Barber as Venus de Milo

Joss Ackland as Van Hoyten

Brian Deacon as Oswald Deuce

Geoffrey Palmer as Fallast

Eric Deacon as Oliver Deuce

Andréa Ferréol as Alba Bewick

Jim Davidson as Joshua Plate

Wolf Kahler as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

Ken Campbell as Stephen Pipe

Guusje van Tilborgh as Caterina Bolnes

Agnès Brulet as Beta Bewick

David Attenborough as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)