Colin Firth as Richard Courtois

Ian Holm as Albertus

Donald Pleasence as Pincheon

Amina Annabi as Samira

Nicol Williamson as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre

Michael Gough as Magistrate Boniface

Harriet Walter as Jeannine Martin

Jim Carter as Mathieu

Lysette Anthony as Filette d'Auferre

Sophie Dix as Maria

Vincent Grass as Bailiff Labatier

Elizabeth Spriggs as Madame Langlois

Raoul Delfosse as Blind Georges

Justin Chadwick as Gerard d'Auferre

Jean-Pierre Stewart as Sheriff

Emil Wolk as Print Seller

Dave Atkins as Valliere

François Lalande as Builder

Vernon Dobtcheff as Apothecary

Sami Bouajila as Mahmoud

Joanna Dunham as Lady Catherine d'Auferre

Michael Cronin as Dark Stranger

Peter Hudson as Sheriff's Officer

Charles Dale as First Witness

Gordon Langford Rowe as Second Witness

Judy Pascoe as Travelling Player

Roy Evans as Travelling Player

Robert Putt as Travelling Player

Ralph Nossek as Poiccard

Melissa Wilkes as Young Girl (as Melissa Wilks)

David Larkin as Young Boy

Patricia Saltopoulos as Peasant Woman (as Patricia Psaltopoulos)

Alain Blazquez as Cuckolded Man

Isabelle Marcoz as Woman in Coach

Marie Pierre Cascales as Woman in Coach

Jean-Jacques Charliot as Roger Landrier

Peter Pedrero as Serf 1 (uncredited)

Fred Wood as Torch bearer at Feast (uncredited)