Jacques Gamblin as Jean-Devaivre

Denis Podalydès as Jean Aurenche

Charlotte Kady as Suzanne Raymond

Marie Desgranges as Simone Devaivre

Ged Marlon as Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Philippe Morier-Genoud as Maurice Tourneur

Laurent Schilling as Charles Spaak

Maria Pitarresi as Reine Sorignal

Christian Berkel as Alfred Greven

Richard Sammel as Richard Pottier

Marie Gillain as Olga

Olivier Gourmet as Roger Richebé

Philippe Saïd as Pierre Nord

Liliane Rovère as Mémaine

Götz Burger as Bauermeister

Serge Riaboukine as Louis Née

Didier Sauvegrain as Armand Thirard

Thierry Gibault as Paul Maillebuau

Christophe Odent as Pierre Bost

Lara Guirao as Chanteuse dans la rue

Hans-Werner Meyer as Von Schertell

Olivier Brun as Jacques Dubuis

Pierre Lacan as Louis Devaivre

Jean-Yves Roan as René Fléchard

Bruno Raffaelli as Glinglin

Jean-Claude Calon as Marcel

Herrade Von Meier as Woman #1 (Hotel du square)

Viviane Crausaz as Woman #2 (Hotel du square)

Noëlle Cazenave as Arlette

Jörg Schnass as German Major

Dominique Pacitti as Infirmary Chief

Dominique Dubreuil as Doctor

Pascal Leguennec as Fred

Eric Petitjean as Roger

Michel Charvaz as Georges Million

Jean-Yves Ruf as Albert

Jean-Paul Audrain as Arrignon

Emmanuelle Bataille as Woman ('8 Men')

Georges Viry as Guard

Vincent Schmitt as Léon

Valérie Dermagne as Paula ('8 Men')

Jean-Luc Buquet as Continental guard

Betty Teboulle as Mme Carpentier

Philippe Duclos as Marcel Bryau

Radu Duda as Andrejew

Niels Dubost as Didot

Pierre Berriau as Mickey

François Loriquet as Douillet

Philippe Frécon as Bébert

Jean-Christophe Chavanon as Fireman

Philippe Polet as Arthur

Richard Guedj as Jules

Claude Aufaure as Roland Manuel

Valérie Baurens as Marinette Burguiere

Jean-Pierre Léonardini as Laurencie

Daniel Gerno as Camille

Françoise Sage as Agathe

Jean-Claude Frissung as Foulioux

Tonio Descanvelle as René Wheeler

Sébastien Thiery as Cayatte

Daniel Dublet as Arresting officer

Wolfgang Pissors as German arresting officer

Henri Attal as Raoul

Françoise Bette as Devaivre's mother

Stéphane Butet as Young railwayman

Jeremy Child as Jeremy

Daniel Delabesse as Claude Autant-Lara

Robert Glenister as Capt. Townsend

Lara Guirao as Street singer

Jonathan Kydd as Dakota dispatcher

Daniel Langlet as Masson

Max Morel as Continental police officer

Tim Pigott-Smith as Fleming

Toby Sedgwick as Thomson

Tania Torrens as Marraine

Jacques Boudet as Cafe owner

Patrick Courteix as Cheminot

Christina Crevillén as

Stefan Elbaum as

Jan Neumann as Beurkley

Géraldine Salès as Mireille

Guillaume Viry as

Arnaud Cafaxe as Set's propman (uncredited)

Sandra Dorset as (uncredited)

Eric Moreau as Un électricien de cinéma, lors du tournage des 'Caves du Magestic' (uncredited)