Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier

Isabelle Huppert as Rose Mercaillou

Jean-Pierre Marielle as Le Peron

Stéphane Audran as Huguette Cordier

Eddy Mitchell as Nono

Guy Marchand as Marcel Chavasson

Irène Skobline as Anne, l'institutrice

Michel Beaune as Vanderbrouck

Jean Champion as Le curé

Victor Garrivier as Marcaillou

Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli

Abdoulaye Diop as Fête Nat

Daniel Langlet as Paulo

François Perrot as Le colonel Tramichel

Samba Mané as Vendredi

Raymond Hermantier as L'aveugle

Mamadou Dioumé as L'interprète au cinéma

Irénée Martin as La femme au cimetière

Max Ernst as Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")

Paul Grimault as Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")