Sônia Braga as Gabriela

Marcello Mastroianni as Nacib

Antonio Cantafora as Tonico Bastos

Paulo Goulart as João Fulgêncio

Tania Boscoli as Glória

Nicole Puzzi as Malvina

Flávio Galvão as Mundinho Falcão

Ricardo Petráglia as Prof. Josué

Lutero Luiz as Cel. Manoel das Onças

Jofre Soares as Cel. Ramiro Bastos

Sandro Solviatti as Jagunço chefe

Maurício do Valle as Cel. Amâncio Leal

Nildo Parente as Maurício Caires

Ivan Mesquita as Cel. Melk Tavares

Luiz Linhares as Cel. Jesuíno Mendonça

Emile Edde as Poeta Argileu

Antonio Pedro as Doutor

Nelson Xavier as Capitão

Nuno Leal Maia as Eng. Rômulo

Laura Vasconcellos as Amiga Malvina

Cláudia Jimenez as Olga

Chico Diaz as Chico Moleza

Fernando Ramos da Silva as Tuísca