Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh as Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon as Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell as Theophilus

Barnaby Kay as Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett as Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush as Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke as Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor as Miss Shaddock

Bille Brown as Percy Smith

Josephine Byrnes as Miriam Chadwick

Barry Otto as Jimmy D'Abbs

Polly Cheshire as Young Lucinda

Gillian Jones as Elizabeth Leplastrier

Robert Menzies as Abel Leplastrier

Adam Hayes as Young Oscar

Matyelok Gibbs as Mrs. Williams

Sonia Ritter as Fanny Drabble

Will Barton as College Student

Jonathan Markwood as College Student

Nicholas Tennant as College Student

Sam Newman as George Loxwood

Nicholas Fordham as College Student

Peter Whitford as Mr. Ahearn

Lynette Curran as Mrs. Ahearn

Ron Blanchard as Steamer Captain

Colin Taylor as Frazer

Michelle Doake as Hotel Maid

Karen Vickery as Society Gossip

Elspeth MacTavish as Society Gossip

Leverne McDonnell as Miss Malcolm

Geoff Morrell as Charley Fig

Douglas Hedge as Dog Pit Caller

Tobias Saunders as Belgian Boy

Marianne Borgo as Belgian Grandmother

Vanessa Seydoux as Belgian Mother

Leslie Dayman as Glassworks Foreman

Lucy Bell as Miss Mary Hasset