Coluche as Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko as Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

Jacques Debary as School Director

Roland Giraud as Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

Charlotte de Turckheim as Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau as Educational Advisor

Jean Champion as School Inspector

Georges Staquet as Gérard's father

Claude Bertrand as Charlotte's father

Anne-Marie Jabraud as Charlotte's mother

Yvette Petit as Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother

Christian Bouillette as Clothing Store Manager

Jacques Martial as Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is

Jean-Pierre Bagot as Mayor and father of Nicolas

Patrice Dozier as Clothing Store Customer

Monique Couturier as Inspector's Secretary

Camille Clavel as Victor, kid in the clothing store

Rémy Carpentier as Monsieur Letournel

Marie Pillet as Madame Letournel

Michel Pilorgé as Albert

Yves Morgan-Jones as Student's parent

Christian Padovan as Wedding band musician

Jean-Pierre Domboy as Wedding band musician

Marie Ruggeri as Wedding band chorister

Liliane Davis as Wedding band chorister

Richard Gotainer as Wedding band singer

Judith Chancel as Pupil (uncredited)