Michel Piccoli as Akiva Liebskind

Alexandre Arbat as Pavius Fromm

Liv Ullmann as Marina Fromm

Leslie Caron as Henia Liebskind

Wojciech Pszoniak as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

Jean-Hugues Anglade as Miller, l'équipe de Fromm

Daniel Olbrychski as Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind

Hubert Saint-Macary as Foldes

Michel Aumont as Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

Pierre Michaël as Yachvili

Serge Avédikian as Fadenko

Pierre Vial as Anton Heller

Bernhard Wicki as Pühl

Jacques Boudet as Stuffli

Benoît Régent as Barabal

Sylvie Granotier as Dombert

Albert Simono as Dalcroze

Marcel Tassimot as Protazanov

Olivier Beer as Journalist

Jean-Paul Eydoux as Carsen

Jean-Philippe Guerand as A Guy in the Audience

Piotr Kamiński as journalist

Yaseen Khan as Hindou

Constantin Melnik as KGB colonel

Willy Nicoidsky as Polotin

Alain Rimoux as Dr. Randeller

Mathieu Schiffman as Journalist

Daniel Tixier as Referee

John Van Der Bois as Referee

Emmanuel Cohn as Kid (uncredited)

Nurith Cohn as Spectator (uncredited)