Tim Roth as Marlow

John Malkovich as Kurtz

Isaach de Bankolé as Mfumu

James Fox as Gosse

Morten Faldaas as Harlequin

Iman as Black Beauty

Alan Scarfe as Captain Fenard

Patrick Ryecart as De Griffe

Michael Fitzgerald as Harou

Geoffrey Hutchings as Delcommune

Peter Vaughan as Director

Phoebe Nicholls as The Intended

Allan Corduner as Verme

Jan Tříska as White Agent

Michael Cronin as Louette

Timothy Bateson as Accountant

Stephen Oxley as Lawyer

John Savident as Company Director

Charles Kay as Secretary

Ian McDiarmid as Doctor

Bhime Souaré as Bumbu

Candice Daly as Kurtz's Wife (uncredited)