Robert Hossein as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia as Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin as Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski as Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn as Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde as Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril as Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix as Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster as Francis

Raymond Pellegrin as M. Raymond

Paul Préboist as Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy as Le directeur du Lido

Marthe Villalonga as La grand-mère d'Edith

Fanny Ardant as Véronique

Jean-Claude Bouttier as Philippe Rouget

Richard Bohringer as Richard

Nicole Croisille as Nicole Croisille

Ginette Garcin as Ginette

Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Père Antoine

Geneviève Mnich as Jeanne

Alexandra Stewart as Alexandra

Éva Darlan as Eva

Manuel Gélin as Patrick Prat

Candice Patou as Candice

Maïa Simon as Me Isabelle Prat

James Caan as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Sarah Abrell as

Féodor Atkine as Alexis

Mireille Audibert as

Jean-Claude Bourbault as Le garde-barrière

Christophe Bourseiller as

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as

Anne Caudry as La fille d'Eva

Louise Chevalier as La bonne du Père Antoine

Véronique Coquet as

Thérèse Crémieux as

Katalin Csarny as

Dan Daes as

Nicole Daresco as Gina

Andrée Delair as

Linda Dingwall as

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Maxime Dufeu as Le voisin

Andy Fenwick as Glenn as a boy

Farmer Fuller as

Ernie Garrett as Bobby

Charles Gérard as Charlot

Evelyne Hue as

Gérard Ismaël as

Philippe Jacques as

Lyle Joyce as Mr. Tracy

Jacques Villeret as Jacques

Valérie Quennessen as Francis's girlfriend

Sharon Stone as Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)