Kristin Scott Thomas as Mary Panton

Sean Penn as Rowley Flint

Anne Bancroft as Princess San Ferdinando

James Fox as Sir Edgar Swift

Derek Jacobi as Lucky Leadbetter

Jeremy Davies as Karl Richter

Roger Hammond as Colin Mackenzie

Dudley Sutton as Harold Atkinson

Massimo Ghini as Beppino Leopardi

Lorenza Indovina as Nina

Gianfranco Barra as Peppino

Clive Merrison as Archibald Grey

Linda Spurrier as Hilda Grey

Ben Aris as Col. Trail

Anne Ridler as Lady Trail

Ann Bell as Beryl Bryson

Barbara Hicks as Lulu Good

Maurizio Lombardi as